Barricades being removed at Ghazipur, Tikri; Rakesh Tikait says 'farmers will go to Parliament' | Updates

Police remove barricades, barbwire at farmers' protest site at Ghazipur border

It is Delhi Police initiative and we are removing the block which we have placed. We will request farmers so that this highway is opened for people. We are hoping our gesture will be reciprocated by farmers: Dependra Pathak, Delhi Police Special Commissioner, Law and Order at Ghazipur Border.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that farmers can sell crops anywhere. If roads are open, we will also go to Parliament to sell our crops. First, our tractors will go to Delhi. We haven't blocked the way. Blocking road is not part of our protest: Rakesh Tikait, BKU leader in Ghazipur.

Ghaziabad: Police barricades being removed from the farmers protest site at Ghazipur border in Ghaziabad.

The removal of police barricading at Tikri (Delhi-Haryana) border underway. The barricading is also being removed from Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border. Farmers' agitations against the three farm laws have been going on at these borders.

Police barricading being removed from Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border where a farmers' agitation against the three farm laws is ongoing. This is Sector 2 and 3. It is NH9, we are opening that. NH 24 will also be opened: DCP (East), Delhi, Priyanka Kashyap.

Police barricading being removed from Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border where a farmers' agitation against the three farm laws is underway. A Police personnel at the spot says, "The barricades are being removed, the route is being opened. We received the orders."

Last week, farmers protesting at the Ghazipur border vacated a section of the service road below the flyover to allow the movement of public vehicles. The service lane portion of the road goes from Ghaziabad to Delhi, on which the media centre was built by the farmers. Farmers will now sit only on the upper part of the flyover. This came after the Supreme Court said that farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the three farms laws have the right to agitate but they cannot block roads indefinitely. The apex court said it was not against the right to protest even when the legal challenge is pending but ultimately some solution has to be found. 

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been agitating at three Delhi border points- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur- since last November against the three farm laws that they claim will do away with the minimum support price system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.

Over 10 rounds of talks with the government, which has been projecting the laws at major agricultural reforms, have failed to break the deadlock between the two parties. Although the Supreme Court has put the three laws on hold, farmers are adamant about their demand.

"We are doing it after assessing the situation. Tikri border and Ghazipur border can soon be opened from both sides for emergency vehicles. We are doing it after assessing the situation. As of now, we are removing the barricades," Delhi Police Commissioner told ANI.