Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikaithas said that the ‘Chakka Jam’ (blockading of roads as a form of protest) planned on February 6 will not take place in Delhi, but will happen in other parts of the National Capital Region and the rest of the country, including the southern states.

“We are not going to do anything in Delhi, the king there has already fortified it, there is no need for us to do a blockade now,” he said, taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the fortification of the protest sites at Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu.

Candidates appearing for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2021 on Saturday, have been issued special certificates enabling their travel on the day in view of the nationwide blockade.

Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday had a meeting with National Security Advisor AjitDoval and Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava inside the parliament complex to review the security situation in Delhi-NCR ahead of the February 6 “Chakka Jam” protest called by farmers’ unions against the Centre’s three farm laws.

Shah is learnt to have directed the Delhi Police to make adequate security arrangements at Delhi’s borders so that the January 26 situation should not arise again. Currently, over 60 companies (6,000 personnel) of central paramilitary forces are assisting the Delhi Police at various borders.

The farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders – Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur for over two months now demanding that the Centre repeal the controversial laws, a demand rejected by the Centre.

The protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that these laws would pave the way for dismantling of the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the “mercy” of big corporations.

However, the government has maintained that the new laws will bring better opportunities for farmers and introduce new technologies in agriculture.