Day 100 of farm laws protest: Farmers to block Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway on March 6

New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the 3 contentious agriculture laws will block the Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway on March 6, Samyukta Kisan Morcha announced today.

Farmers camping at three Delhi border points have been instructed to block the KMP Expressway from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday, said Balbir Singh Rajewal.

“In today’s meeting of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, we have finalised the programmes till March 15. On March 6 when the protest enters Day 100, farmers will block Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway at different points between 11 am & 4 pm,” Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India said.

In today’s meeting of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, we have finalised the programmes till March 15. On March 6 when the protest enters Day 100, farmers will block Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway at different points between 11 am & 4 pm: Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India pic.twitter.com/PJ6cRPgBUS

— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2021

“In a meeting with 10 major trade unions, it was decided in-principle that farmers & labourers will fight this battle together. On March 15, labourers & employees will take to streets across the country against privatisation &corporatization. Farmers will join them,” he said further.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, women protesters will be brought to the front at all the protest sites. From March 5, ‘MSP Dilao’ movement will be started in Karnataka, asking PM to ensure MSP for crops: Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India pic.twitter.com/kOxkuSH8gI

— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2021

The 136-km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway or the western peripheral expressway was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at the Delhi border points — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur — demanding a complete revocation of three farm laws enacted in September last year.

Meanwhile, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha said that a joint programme of action is being worked out by it along with many central trade unions which have expressed their support and solidarity for the ongoing farmers’ movement.