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		Protesting farmers took out a tractor march today near the Yamuna Expressway. Earlier, cops in Noida had issued a traffic advisory, warning commuters of potential jams in the Delhi-Noida border, in anticipation of the tractor march organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) today. Noida police has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 and deployed additional personnel at important entry and exit points of Delhi and Noida. Farmers&#39; unions plan to hold a tractor march along the Yamuna Expressway, stretching from Mehndipur in Rabupura to Falaida.&nbsp;Police officials advised commuters who plan to travel on the Yamuna Expressway to use alternative routes and opt for the metro to minimise inconvenience.&nbsp;The farmers&#39; unions plan to take the tractor march through the Yamuna Expressway, Luharli Toll Plaza, and Mahamaya Flyover.&nbsp;</div>
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During the virtual inauguration of AIIMS Bathinda by <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-narendra-modi" target="_blank">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</a> on Sunday, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal was interrupted during her speech by some people amongst the audience who objected to her raising the issue of farmers&#39; protest. After the inauguration of AIIMS Bathinda, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who is a Lok Sabha MP from the same region, raised the issue of protesting farmers. She was interrupted by some people&nbsp;with loud shouts, telling her that this was not a political platform to talk about the issues of protesting farmers. The interrupters asked the SAD leader to speak about the issues related to health and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) only. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, after his virtual speech at the event, stated that this was not the right time and right platform to raise other demands.<br />

Highlights: Traffic affected at Delhi-UP borders due to farmers' stir

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Farmers' protest LIVE news: Farmers' unions to hold tractor march today, Noida cops issue traffic advisory

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	Noida police has issued a traffic advisory, warning commuters of potential jams in the Delhi-Noida border, in anticipation of the planned tractor march organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday.&nbsp;</div>
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Farmers to form 'tractor chain' on highways to Delhi, says farmer leader Rakesh Tikait

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	&quot;A program to take out a &#39;tractor chain&#39; has been chalked out. Tractors will be parked on the highway that leads to Delhi, especially the divider highway. It was decided to register a different kind of protest so that the government would listen to us and not forget the farmers,&quot; said&nbsp; Tikait.</div>
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	&quot;We had gone to Chandigarh for a meeting of Sanyukt Morcha. We have formed a 6-member committee. It has been formed to hold dialogues with all the farmer organisations that are separate from Sanyukt Morcha...If any organisation wants to join the Sanyukt Morcha, it can have a dialogue with the committee...&quot; he added.</div>

Traffic affected at Delhi-UP borders in view of farmers' protest

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	Traffic was affected at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh borders on Monday in view of a proposed tractor march of farmers to the national capital, officials said. Cops in Delhi have intensified checking at the borders by putting up barricades.There was heavy traffic at the Chilla border from Delhi towards Noida because of the checking. Traffic movement was also affected at the Delhi-Noida Expressway.</div>

Farmer's tractor march news: Farmers protest against WTO by parking tractors along highways

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	Demanding that the agriculture sector be taken out of the WTO agreement, farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of various farm unions on Monday parked their tractors along the highways at many places in Punjab and Haryana. This took place after thousands of farmers staying put at Khanauri and Shambhu points on Punjab&#39;s border with Haryana after their &#39;Delhi Chalo&#39; march was stopped by security forces. The SKM had spearheaded the 2020-21 farmers&#39; agitation.</div>

Farmers' protest news update: Farmers burn effigy of WTO in Khanna of Ludhiana

LIVE news update: Traffic disruption on Noida Expressway

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	A group of protesting farmers have reached Mahamaya Flyover. The traffic on Noida Expressway has been affected as a result of the demonstrations by the farmers.</div>

Farmers' tractor march LIVE news: Tractor march at  Azizpur toll plaza in Mohali district

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	A tractor march is being organised by farmers on the call of SKM at Azizpur toll plaza in Mohali district today.</div>

Farmer's protest LIVE: Traffic movement resumes on Noida Expressway

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	Agitating farmers have parked their tractors in nearby areas and are doing a sit-in protest at the green belt near Mahamaya Flyover</div>
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Farmers' protest LIVE: Traffic likely to be affected at Delhi-Noida border

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	Exhaustive checking will be done by the Delhi Police as well as the district police by installing barriers at all the border points between the national capital and Noida, and traffic will be diverted in accordance with the situation, cops in Noida said today.</div>

Farmers' tractor march LIVE news: Will burn effigy of WTO today, says farmer leader Sarwan Pandher

Farmers' protest LIVE: Decided to register different kind of protest so that govt listens to us, says Tikait

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	&quot;A program to take out a &#39;Tractor chain&#39; has been decided. Tractors will be parked on the highway that leads to Delhi, especially the divider highway. It was decided to register a different kind of protest so that the government would listen to us and not forget the farmers,&quot; says farmer leader Rakesh Tikait.</div>
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Even for war criminals, such treatments are not acceptable, says farmer leader Mangat

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	Gurmanmeet Singh Mangat, the secretary-general of the Progressive Farmers Front on Sunday said that a farmer, who was arrested from the scene of a protest earlier, was &#39;brutally&#39; beaten up by Haryana Police personnel. &quot;Our delegation, this morning, visited our fellow farmer brother Preetpal Singh, whom Haryana Police assaulted brutally in custody, &quot; he said. &quot;We learnt from his family members that 14 to 16 police personnel assaulted him (in custody). He suffered a blow to the head, a minor jawline fracture and multiple fractures in his left leg. Even worse, they tied a rope around his neck and dragged him around. He had marks on his neck,&quot; the farmer leader alleged.</div>
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	&quot;I want to ask the authorities concerned: was he a terrorist? Was he an infiltrator sent across the border by the Pakistan army? Was he a spy? Even for war criminals, such treatments are not acceptable under the Geneva Convention,&quot; he said.</div>

News update: SAD leader Harsimrat Badal interrupted for speaking on farmers' protest

Some people amongst the audience objected to&nbsp;Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal&nbsp;raising the issue of farmers&#39; demand during her speech at the inauguration of AIIMS Bathinda by Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually from Rajkot.

LIVE news update: Farmers take out tractor march near Yamuna Expressway

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WTO subsidy policy bad for farmers, says leader Sarwan Singh Pandher

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	Darmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, General Secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, reiterated the legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) demands from the government, stating that the government of India should take India out of the World Trade Organization (WTO).</div>
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	He said that the policy of the WTO is &quot;very bad for farmers.&quot;</div>
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	Farmers under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) are all set to launch a nationwide tractor procession on highways on Monday.</div>

Highlights: Traffic affected at Delhi-UP borders due to farmers' stir

Farmers' protest highlights: Catch all the latest updates on the farmers' protest here

Farmers' protest LIVE news: Farmers' unions to hold tractor march today, Noida cops issue traffic advisory

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