Farmers from Punjab are all set to resume their protest march to the national capital on Wednesday from the Shambhu border, close to Haryana’s Ambala city.The protesting ryots had a faceoff with the Haryana Police at two border points between the states on Tuesday. Cops hurled tear gas and water cannons as some of the protestors tried to break past barricades blocking their protest march to Delhi. Police used tear gas and water cannons against the protesters at the border in Haryana’s Jind district as well.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation to put pressure on the Centre for their demands, including a law on minimum support price for crops and loan waivers.READ DAY 1’s HIGHLIGHTS HERE
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