Noida Police shifts protesting farmers to 'temporary jail'

Farmers protest in Delhi.

Farmers heading to the national capital from different parts of Uttar Pradesh have been shifted to 'temporary jail', alleged Swaraj Singh, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) President on Wednesday.

Noida police administration has shifted protesting farmers to Dr Ambedkar Memorial Park from Mahamaya flyover road earlier today.

"This is not a temporary jail, since protesters were sitting on the road causing a traffic jam, we have to shift them here," said Noida Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP), Rajesh Kumar Singh.

However, farmer leaders said that they were not sitting on the road and police had blocked their way using barricades and Jawans, so they stopped. "We consider this place as temporary jail and our confinement here as an arrest. We will go to Delhi, the moment we are released," Swaraj Singh, President, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) told ANI.

On being asked whether the police administration will allow protesters to march towards Delhi, DCP told ANI, "They can stage a protest here, but we will not let them go beyond this point."

Several farmers from different parts of the country like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are marching towards Delhi to join the protest against new farm laws.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the government will hold another round of discussion with farmer leaders on Thursday in which both sides will present their views and it remains to be seen "to what extent issues can be resolved".

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