Delhi Govt Refuses To Police Request To Turn Stadiums Into Jails For Farmer

Delhi Govt Refuses To Police Request To Turn Stadiums Into Jails For Farmer

New Delhi: The Delhi government today has denied the police permission to use the city's nine stadium as temporary jails to house protesting farmers from Punjab and Haryana who enter the city as part of their ongoing "Delhi Chalo" march. Reportedly the Delhi Police has sought the AAP government's nd for this earlier in the day.

"In view of the farmers' march, Delhi Police has asked the Delhi government for permission to use nine stadiums as temporary jails to keep the detained or arrested farmers," a source told PTI.

Thousand of farmers, protesting the Central government's new farm law, have been moving closer to Delhi over the past two days.

AAP MLA and the party's national spokesperson Raghav Chadha on Friday defended their right to protest and opposed any move to set up the temporary prisons.

I urge the Delhi Govt to deny permission for setting up temporary prisons. The farmer of our country is neither a criminal nor a terrorist.
Right to protest peacefully is enshrined in Indian Constitution - Article 19(1) and protests are the hallmark of a free, democratic society. https://t.co/cqMvEb181r

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) November 27, 2020

Another AAP spokesperson, Saurabh Bharadwaj, referred to the Delhi police's request saying "it is the most inhuman thing we can do".

I think it's a most inhuman thing we can do to our farmers. Delhi Police should stop calling themselves- दिल वाली पुलिस https://t.co/bqBH3MDcWB

— Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) November 27, 2020

The police on Friday used tear gas to disperse the protestors at the Delhi-Haryana border in Sanghu.

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