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India gears up for farmer protest, trade union strike on Thursday

The police had on Tuesday said legal action would be taken against the protesting farmers if they come to the city for any gathering amid the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak

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Police make a human barricade to stop farmers marching to Delhi, in Hisar district, on Wednesday. The Haryana police, meanwhile, used water cannons on the state’s farmers at the national highway in Ambala and Kurukshetra to stop them from moving to Delhi | Photo: PTI

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A day ahead of farmers’ slated protest march to Delhi against the Centre’s farm laws, Haryana on Wednesday heavily barricaded its borders with Punjab and suspended its bus service to the neighbouring state in a bid to foil the march. The police in Delhi, on the other hand, said it has rejected all requests received from various farmer organisations to protest in the national capital.
 
The police had on Tuesday said legal action would be taken against the protesting farmers if they come to the city for any gathering amid the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
 
The Haryana police also

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