Police stop Medha Patkar and farmers at Agra-Gwalior Highway

A group of protesting farmers led by social activist Medha Patkar were stopped by police at the Agra-Gwalior highway. The group was marching towards Delhi to take part in protests.

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): Dozens of farm leaders and protestors led by social activist Medha Patkar were stopped by the Uttar Pradesh police at the Agra-Gwalior highway and prevented from entering Delhi on their way to join the Dilli Chalo protest.

The group of 152 protestors spent the night sitting on the highway, surrounded by police officials.

“They have not shown us any section of the law or shown any order why we are being detained. We have not been provided with any food or water or any other facility,” said Ms Patkar, in a statement.

The police administration tried to talk to Medha Patkar and the farmers to send them back but they did not succeed. Medha Patkar and her convoy rested at the border at night and tried to move in the morning, then the police administration stopped them.

Following the protest, the vehicular movement on Agra-Gwalior road came to a standstill.

The administration is trying to divert the route for the movement of vehicles as there is a traffic jam on the highway.

Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have called for a ‘Dilli Chalo’ march, a two-day protest over the Central government’s new farm laws. While no untoward incident was reported on Thursday morning from any of the borders Delhi shares with Haryana or Uttar Pradesh, senior police officers and paramilitary forces continue to camp there to ensure stricter vigil.