Protesters detained for violating COVID-19 guidelines and later released
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal He was detained by the Delhi Police on Friday for leading a protest march in the national capital to mark the first anniversary of the passage of three controversial agriculture laws.
shad, who walked out of the ruling coalition Last year at the Center, 17 September is being observed as Black Day over agricultural laws.
The protest march was taken out from Gurdwara Rakab Ganj to Parliament House.
“Today’s protest march is not only a symbol of farmers’ discontent but will also be remembered as a historical event which struck at the root of tyranny. Let this day be the beginning of a new rebellion to bring justice to the farmers. Mark as.” The SAD president tweeted.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and 15 other party leaders have been detained at the Sansad Marg police station.
According to the police, the leaders were detained for taking out a protest march in violation of COVID-19 guidelines. They were later released.
The protest march led to massive traffic disruption in several parts of the national capital, including Lutyens’ Delhi and ITO.
Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who resigned from the government last year over agricultural laws, said in a tweet that the massive participation in the protest march reflects public anger.
“Farmers have been protesting along the Delhi border for a year now, but the Center is keen to eliminate them. We are proud to leave the NDA. The Akali Dal will continue to oppose autocracy,” he said.
SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema accused the Delhi Police of trying to stop their protest march, saying, “It is an undeclared emergency in New Delhi.” A section of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting for over nine months at the Delhi border points against the Centre’s three agricultural laws.
The protesting farmers are demanding the repeal of laws that they believe will do away with the MSP system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.
The government has insisted that these laws have given farmers a new opportunity to sell their produce and rejected claims that they are aimed at abolishing the minimum support price system and agricultural markets.
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