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Anti-farmers mob goes on a rampage at Singhu border; protest site sealed
Armed with sticks, the group of locals reached the site and asked the farmers to leave while raising slogans against them.
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Security personnel detain a member of a group of people claiming to be locals, who reached the Singhu border protest site. (Photo| PTI)
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NEW DELHI: Clashes broke out between agitating farmers and a large group of people claiming to be locals at the Singhu border on Friday as police resorted to lathi-charge and used tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
Farmers stir: Protest site emerges as business opportunity for hawkers
With hundreds of protesters joining in every day, the street vendors are gathering at the border hoping for more business.
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Farmers donate blood during a camp at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
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NEW DELHI: Suhail Khan, a 25-year-old cloth hawker, usually remains busy during this time of the year. Khan and his brother, Ahmad, travel to Punjab and Haryana to sell jackets and other winter clothes.
But this year, since the Delhi borders have been blocked by farmers protesting against the Centre’s new agri laws for nearly a month now, Khan, a resident of Bhajanpura, has seized the opportunity to run the business from the streets of Singhu border the epicentre of the ongoing ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest.
The NH-1 which has been blocked for nearly 25 days is housing more than 35,000 protestors.
The ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest, which has begun with just about 5,000 farmers, has now garnered support from all walks of life across the nation and abroad, starting from artists, Punjabi actors, international NGOs, students and techies, among others.
Farmers prepare pizzas at the Singhu border during their protest against
the Centre’s farm laws
The farmers have also made massive makeshift kitchens to feed whoever is visiting these sites, including police personnel, some of whom had been deployed to stop the protesters from entering the national capital initially.