Farmer unions and Khap leaders at a mahapanchayat in Haryana’s Jind on Tuesday demanded that the ban on internet services and the blockade laid by the police on various roads of the district be lifted. It announced to hold pakka morcha (round-the-clock sit-in) on Delhi-Patiala Highway, partially blocking the traffic movement.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha leader Azad Palwa told The Hindu over phone that around 2,000 representatives of different farmer unions and khaps from Jind had participated in the four-hour-long meeting and decided to hold indefinite round-the-clock sit-in blocking one of the carriageways of Delhi-Patiala Highway in Uchana. “If the need arises we will increase the number of pakka morcha and hold more sit-ins across the district,” said Mr. Palwa.
