Title: Thousands of farmers march to Indian capital defying tear gas | India News | Al Jazeera
Headings: Thousands of farmers march to Indian capital defying tear gas
Thousands of farmers march to Indian capital defying tear gas
‘Not acceptable’
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Extraordinary scenes
‘Rushed through the farm bills’

Content: Why can’t the government allow the farmers to hold their protest at these two venues [instead of telling] us to go to the city outskirts,” Singh told Al Jazeera over phone. “We will not hold our protest rally in the Nirankari Samagam Ground at any cost.” Flames emerge from tear gas released by the police to stop farmers from entering New Delhi [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]
Thousand of farmers who have been travelling by tractors, buses and on foot from the northern state of Punjab towards New Delhi are still on their way. A small group of farmers have reached the national capital and gathered at the Nirankari Samagam Ground, where a large contingent of police force is already present. Gurnam Singh, a farmer from Punjab, told Al Jazeera at the Nirankari Samagam Ground that they are “very unhappy” with the venue. “ We will hold our protest either at Ramlila Maidan or Jantar Mantar.” “If the government doesn’t grant us permission to hold our protest at our desired venues, we will block the roads of the national capital.” Meanwhile Indian media reported that India’s Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has requested the farmers to end their protest against the farm laws and called them for talks next week to resolve the matter. Suburban train services into New Delhi were suspended, Delhi Metro said in a post on Twitter, in a bid to stop the protesters from riding the trains. Senior journalist P Sainath slammed the government’s decision to use security forces against farmers.