Delhi govt rejects Centre’s proposal to convert Bawana stadium into a makeshift jail. Delhi home minister Kailash Gahlot wrote to chief secretary Naresh Kumar denying permission and expressed solidarity with the farmers’ protest.
NDTV understands Delhi Police have deployed LRADs, or Long Range Acoustic Devices, or crowd-control sound cannons, which function as uni-directional (or one-directional), non-lethal, sonic weapons to stop protesting farmers.
With the farmer groups arriving at Shambhu border in Haryana and police having to resort to firing tear gas shells to stop them from marching onward, the cops expected major action on Wednesday at the sealed Singhu border.
The government has said the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, one of the farmer organisations behind the latest protests, never nominated representatives to a committee it formed in July 2022 to "make MSP more effective and transparent".
Protesting farmers will begin their 'Delhi Chalo' march today to push the Centre to address their demands. Foremost among these demands is the enactment of a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP) for crops - a crucial lifeline for farmers.