Chandigarh, March 5 -- Ahead of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha's "indefinite agitation", 18 entry points to Chandigarh were sealed on Wednesday, while the farmers burnt the effigy of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann even as some of their leaders were taken into custody.
Chandigarh police said tto stop farmers from entering into the city from Punjab, 18 entry points
were sealed and about 1200 policemen were deployed at these places.
The SKM announced that wherever they will be stopped, they will start a sit-in. Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugraha) leader Joginder Singh Ugraha appealed to farmers not to create any inconvenience
for the public by blocking roads or tracks.
He suggested that the farmers could start a sit-in on the roadside.
The...