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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Vikas Vasudeva

Punjab’s resolute farmers set out to test Haryana’s thorny defences

With farmers determined to lay siege to Delhi on February 13, in an attempt to force the government to fulfill their demands, the Haryana government has established multiple layers of barricades to stop farmers’ from neighbouring Punjab passing through the State on their way to Delhi in ‘tractor-trolley’ convoys.

Thousands of farmers and farm labourers from different parts of Punjab on their tractor-trolleys have started their journey to Delhi so they can join the protest. Many started from Beas in Amritsar and were to assemble in Fatehgarh Sahib district, before travelling to Delhi via Haryana.

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