Farmers from Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Haryana have been protesting near the Haryana-Rajasthan border on the Delhi-Jaipur highway for the past seven days, after the Rewari police stopped them from proceeding towards Delhi.

Harvinder Singh, a farmer from Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan, said, “The free bus service will start tomorrow, from Hanumangarh. With this facility, more farmers will be able to join us and manage errands at home too,” said Singh, who is a member of Grameen Kisan Mazdoor Samiti.  He said that 25-30 tractors and trolleys from Sri Ganganagar district were not being allowed to reach the protest site by the Haryana Police.  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), meanwhile, said that farmers were being misled by opposition parties and they were creating false apprehensions among the people, which the party would clear by reaching out to them. 

“The Congress, during its rule, had entered into agreements with private companies to store grains and same policies were endorsed in its manifesto,” said Raman Malik, BJP spokesperson.