Delhi Chalo march: ‘ ₹2 lakh crore is not a huge amount’, farmer leader Sarwan Singh urges Govt to remove barriers

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Narendra Modi should come forward to accept their demands and the farmers should be allowed to march towards Delhi. He said, “An amount of ₹1.5-2 lakh crore is not a huge amount...We should be allowed to remove these barriers and march towards Delhi." “We tried our best from our side. We attended the meetings, every point was discussed and now the decision has to be taken by the central government.

We will remain peaceful," Pandher added. Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said protesting farmers, who have been camping at two border points between Punjab and Haryana after they were stopped by security personnel, will peacefully march towards Delhi. "Our intention is not to disturb peace, "Dallewal said ahead of the farmers' plan to march towards the national capital.

He also condemned the Centre for setting up multi-layered barricades at the border points between Punjab and Haryana to prevent them from heading towards Delhi. "It is our request that we want to go to Delhi peacefully. The government should itself remove the barricades and give us the permission to march towards Delhi and make arrangements for our sitting in Delhi," Dallewal told reporters at the Shambhu border point.

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