A group of farmers from Tamil Nadu on Wednesday held a protest at the Capital’s Jantar Mantar demanding better prices for their crops and interlinking of rivers, the police said. The protesters said that if their needs were not met they would contest the Lok Sabha polls against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Varanasi seat in Uttar Pradesh.
According to a senior Delhi Police officer, two protesters - one man and a woman, climbed a mobile phone tower while staging the protest.
“Around 50 people have gathered at Jantar Mantar for the issue of interlinking of rivers. Two tried to climb the mobile tower but are on the ground now,” said DCP (New Delhi) Devesh Kumar Mahla.