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Will March Towards Delhi Peacefully: Farmer Leader Dallewal

 "Our intention 🌠is not to disturb peace," he said, aheaඣd of the farmers' planned march towards the national capital.

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Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Wednesday said the pro🦄testing farmers camping at the border points between Punjab and Haryana will march⛄ towards Delhi in a peaceful manner.

"Our intention is not to disturb peace," he said, ahead of the farmers' planned march towards the national🎉 capital.

Accusing the BJP-led Centre of indulging in "delaying tactics" over the farmers' demands, Dallewal asked the government to take ꩲa decision in their favour.

He𝓀 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 in a peaceful manner. The government should remove the barricades and give us the permission to mar꧋ch t🌊owards Delhi and make arrangements for our sitting in Delhi," Dallewal told reporters at the Shambhu border point.

He criticised the government for not making a statement on enacဣting a law on th♚e minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

Dallewal said they will start marching🎃 towards Delhi at 11 am.

Asked whether the farmers will use♑ excavators or JCB machines for forcing their way to Delhi, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said, "We will not use machines." 

If excavators 💫are brought, "we will stop them", he added.

When told that the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said tr⛄actor-trolleys cannot ply on highways, Pandher said tractor-trolleys are taken to fairs and rallies as well.

Those can b🎃e used for a peaceful 💎agitation, he said.

Replying to a question, Dallewal said they have not received any fr𒐪esh invite for talks.

Pandher said they had requested the Centre with folded hands to re𓆉solve the farmers' demands.

"Discussions took place on each💛 demand and now is the time for taking decisions," he said while referring to the farmers' four rounds of talks with a panel of three Union ministers.

"If the Centre comes forward and says it is ready to enact a law on the♈ MSP, then things can move," Pandher said.

"We shoulꩵd be allowed to march towards Delhi for holding a peaceful protest," he added.

Dallewal 🌜asked the protesting farmers to remain peaceful and not to indulge in violenc🐼e.

The farmers protesting at two border points between Punjab and Haryana will resume their "Delhi Chalo" march on Wednes༺day after they rejected the Centre's proposal for procuring pulses, maize and cotton at the MSP by government agencies for five years.

Thousands of farmers, who began their march to Delhi on February 13, were stopped at the Punjab-Haryana border, where they clashed with security personnel. The farmers have been camping at the Shambhu and K🅘hanauri boꦗrder points between Punjab and Haryana.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the "ꦦDelhi Chalo" march to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee on the MSP for crops and farm loan waiver.

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