Rail Roko protest: Dozens sit on railway tracks, protest police action against farmers

Dozens of people blocked railway tracks in Punjab on Thursday in protest against police action against farmers to stop the 'Delhi Chalo' march.

Protesters were seen squatting on tracks starting 12pm in Rajpura, Patiala – one of the seven locations where the demonstration was planned. The demonstration was staged against the use of water cannons and tear gas at the Haryana-Punjab border against farmers.

Hundreds of farmers marching from Punjab have been stopped at the state's border with Haryana near Ambala, about 200 kilometers away from Delhi. Haryana security forces have used tear gas on them to try and disperse them. Police also used drones to air-drop tear gas shells on the protesting farmers.

The farmers seek to march to the national capital to press the Centre to agree to their various demands including a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price of crops, implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report, loan waiver among others.

(With PTI inputs)

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