Security beefed up at Jantar Mantar in view of farmer protest

Delhi | Thursday | 22nd July, 2021

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A group of farmers will travel to Jantar Mantar from their Singhu border demonstration site in buses with a police escort and hold protestNew Delhi: Security at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi has been tightened in view of a protest by farmers against the Centre's agri laws on Thursday amid the Monsoon session of Parliament officials said. Adequate security arrangements have been made and police and paramilitary personnel deployed they said. Jantar Mantar is a few metres away from the Parliament House where the Monsoon session is underway. A group of 200 farmers will travel to Jantar Mantar from their Singhu border demonstration site in buses with a police escort and hold protest there from 11 am to 5 pm. Over 10 rounds of talks with the government which has been projecting the laws at major agricultural reforms have failed to break the deadlock between the two sides..