The farmer leaders claimed that they caught the person from the protest web site on the Singhu border
New Delhi: Protesting farmer leaders have alleged {that a} conspiracy has been hatched to kill 4 of them and create disturbance throughout their proposed tractor rally in Delhi on January 26.
At a press convention on the Singhu border late on Friday night time , the farmer leaders offered an individual who claimed that his accomplices have been allegedly requested to pose as policemen and baton-charge the gang throughout the proposed tractor rally within the nationwide capital on Republic Day.
The farmer leaders claimed that they caught the person from the protest web site on the Singhu border. He was subsequently handed over to the Haryana police.
Farmer chief Kulwant Singh Sandhu alleged that makes an attempt are being made to disrupt the continuing agitation in opposition to three farm legal guidelines.
The person, who had his face coated with a shawl, claimed on the press convention {that a} plan was hatched to shoot 4 farmer leaders, who’re identified faces within the media, on the stage on Saturday.
“On January 26, there was a plan to create disturbance throughout the tractor rally by opening hearth on Delhi Police personnel, which might immediate them to retaliate in opposition to the protesting farmers in a robust method,” he stated.
Hundreds of farmers, principally from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been tenting at a number of border factors of Delhi since November 28 final yr, demanding a repeal of the three farm legal guidelines and a authorized assure on the minimal assist worth (MSP) for his or her crops.
Enacted in September final yr, the three legal guidelines have been projected by the Centre as main reforms within the agriculture sector that may take away middlemen and permit farmers to promote their produce wherever within the nation.
Nevertheless, the protesting farmers have expressed their apprehension that the brand new legal guidelines would pave the best way for eliminating the protection cushion of MSP and put off the “mandi” (wholesale market) system, leaving them on the mercy of huge corporates.
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