Punjab farmers meet Haryana Police, discuss Dec 6 march to Delhi   

Ahead of their proposed march towards Delhi on December 6, a Punjab farmers' delegation met top Ambala police officers in Haryana on Monday and informed them about the details of their plan.

The delegation was led by farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Superintendent of Police (Ambala) SS Bhoria, Pandher said the delegation informed the police administration about the route of the farmers' march.

He said the delegation assured the police that the march would be peaceful and traffic along the route would not be blocked.

"The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere. We gave details about our programme, which we have already announced to the media. We said that we would go in 'jathas' and go peacefully. There will be no traffic blockade. We will halt on the roads at night," Pandher said.

Asked if the Haryana authorities had given permission for the march to proceed towards Delhi, the farmer leader said, "They will hold a meeting and accordingly inform us."

Farmers under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been camping at the Shambhu and the Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Yamunanagar, Haryana Agriculture Minister Shyam Singh Rana said there could be no objection if a few farmers wanted to march on foot in a peaceful manner.

"But the way they held agitations in Punjab, they spoiled the economy there. We will not allow such a thing to happen in Haryana," Rana said when asked to comment on the proposed march.

"If anyone disturbs law and order, they cannot even go four kilometres, let alone to Delhi," the minister added.