Farmers have been camping out at the Chandigarh-Mohali border since Tuesday night, demanding that the Bhagwant Mann government acquiesce to their demands on paddy sowing period, MSP for maize, moong and basmati, among others
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May 18, 2022 15:11:05 IST
The Mohali police put up barricades and rolled out water cannons to prevent farmers from entering Chandigarh. PTI
Farmers carrying ration, beds, fans, coolers, utensils, cooking gas cylinders and on the other side, police erecting barricades and rolling in water cannons to stop their movement.
These aren’t scenes from the farmers protest in Delhi in 2020-2021, but of them staging a new protest at the Chandigarh-Mohali border.
Thousands of farmers started a protest at the Chandigarh-Mohali border, affecting traffic, on Tuesday after they were stopped from heading to the state capital to press the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government with various demands, including a bonus on wheat and beginning paddy sowing from 10 June.