Jupinderjit Singh
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 17
Defying Delhi Police’ barricades and ban on protest march, a large number of Shiromani Akali Dal workers are having a showdown with the police in the national capital since Thursday night.
While police have sealed borders and erected barricades at entry point to Delhi and on roads to the Parliament, Akali workers, especially youth activist were seen breaking barricades demanding they had right to protest.
The SAD is observing September 17 as a Black Day to mark one year of the passage of the contentious farm laws. The Akalis also look to gain much ground with farmers after the later protested against the `100-day Gal Punjab Di yatra’ launched by the party as a run up to the Assembly polls.
“It is an undeclared emergency in New Delhi, ” said SAD spokesperson Dr Daljit Singh Cheema on Twitter regarding the situation in the capital. Youth Akali Dal chief Parambans Singh Romana said Akalis had announced a peaceful march and it was Murder of democracy to stop such a march. He said youth Akali workers were sitting on a Dhanna on several points in the national capital to mark protest.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and other senior leadership reached Gurudwara Rakabgunj last night to lead the protest. They are likely to court arrest later in the day.
SAD workers clash with Delhi police during protest march over farm laws
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