New Delhi: the Delhi Police on February 2 stopped journalists and others from entering the Singhu border, one of the sites of the protesting farmers.

Earlier, those wanting to visit the protest site and the main stage could cross the barricades erected to prevent farmers from entering the national capital and interacting with the protestors.

The thehindu.com reports that even smaller lanes and other entry routes to the protest site have now been cut off. On January 29, a group of ‘locals’ backed by the BJP had clashed with the farmers and tried to damage their tents and other utilities. Delhi Police resorted to tear gas and lathi charge before peace returned.

Meanwhile, Congress leaders took to Twitter to target the Narendra Modi government over the arrangements made to stop protesting farmers from entering the city.

“Prime Minister sir, you are at war with our own farmers?” asked party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who posted a video of the massive deployment of police and paramilitary forces at Delhi’s borders.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also shared photographs of barricades put up by the police. Four photos showed concertina and barbed wires, freshly laid concrete with spikes to puncture tires, and different tiers of concrete and mobile iron barriers.

“GOI [Governmemt of India], Build bridges, not walls!” tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

Parliament adjourned multiple times as Opposition demand discussion on farm laws

A day after the presentation of the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha, which was convened at 9 a.m. on February 2, saw multiple adjournments after Opposition parties demanded that the House take up a discussion on the farmers’ protest.

Although chairman Venkaiah Naidu said that time will be allotted for the same on February 3, the Opposition members refused to budge.

They raised slogans inside the Upper House, resulting in the House being adjourned four times without conducting any business.

A similar trend was observed in the Lok Sabha, which was adjourned thrice due to incessant protests from the Opposition benches. The House saw brief discussions on the motion of thanks on the President’s address and papers being laid on the table.

Source: thehindu.com