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Delhi Cops Stop Groups From Marching in Support of Protesting Farmers - Video

© REUTERS / ADNAN ABIDIPolice officers in riot gear stand guard at the site of a protest against the farm laws at Singhu border in New Delhi
Police officers in riot gear stand guard at the site of a protest against the farm laws at Singhu border in New Delhi - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.02.2021
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Farmers have been seeking the repeal of three farm laws – the Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act – and a legal guarantee of a minimum support price for their crops.

Hundreds of activists of several student, youth, and women organisations have been prevented by police from holding a march in support of protesting farmers starting from central Delhi’s Mandi House area up to the Jantar Mantar area.

They intended to carry out the march to support farmers who have been camping on the city’s Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders in large numbers since November end.

Videos from the spot show a heavy police presence with barricades placed to stop the protesters.

​A senior police officer of the Delhi Police said they will not be allowed to march to the Jantar Mantar area, as prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144 (which prohibits the gathering of five or more persons, holding of public meetings, and carrying of firearms and can be invoked for up to two months) are already in place there. 

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