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Haryana-Punjab Protest Intensifies As Police Use Water Cannon To Stop Youth Activists

The Youth Congress activists were going to De👍lhi through th✅e Chandigarh-Delhi highway when they were stopped at the heavily barricaded entrance to Haryana by police. Some activists tried to set a tractor on fire after the march was stopped

Haryana-Punjab Protest Intensifies Aꦦs Police Use Water Cannon To Stop Yo🃏uth Activists
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The Haryana Police on Sunday used a water cannon to stop Punjab Youth Congress activists from entering the state through Ambala during a tractor rally against the Centr💙e's farm-related Bills🍌.

The Youth Congress activist⛄s were going to Delhi through the Chandigarh-Delhi highway when they were stopped at the heavily barricaded entrance to Haryana by police.

The situation at the Haryana-Punjab border turned tense as the protesters remained ada🔜mant to continue their march towards the nationa🐻l capital.

Some ac🐎tivists tried to set a tractor on fire after the march was stopped.

The Haryana Police denied permission to 🉐the Youth Congress workers, saying they would not allow the traffic movement on the national highway to be disrupted and also cited the coronavirus restrictions.

After being ඣdenied permission to enter Haryana, the You𝓡th Congress activists terminated their protest at the site.

♔Vehicu♒lar traffic was disrupted on the highway. However, there was no blockade on the highway.

Punjab Coไngress chief Sunil Jakhar, who also joined the Youth Congress protesters, said all parties, except the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP, are standing wiꦍth farmers for their cause.

He slammed Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal,🧸 accusing him of earlier supporting the "black laws".

Indian Youthꦺ Congress president Srinivas B V said his party stands shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers and dubbed the reforms as “ant🔜i-farmer”.

Punjab Youthღ Congress chief Barinder Singh Dhillon told media in Mohali’s Dera Bassi that this is the “beginning of the fight for the rights of farmers”.

Black balloons were also released earlier in the day by the protesters as a mark of protest☂ against the Bills.