Haryana seals NH-8 ahead of Beniwal’s Delhi march today

ALWAR/JAIPUR: A day before Rajasthan’s Nagaur MP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) leader Hanuman Beniwal’s scheduled march to Delhi on Saturday in support of farmers’ agitation, along with nearly 2 lakh farmers through Alwar’s Shajahanpur border, the Haryana police has sealed the highway for vehicles plying from both directions (Delhi-Jaipur), resulting to a huge jam on the national highway (NH-8).
Beniwal had earlier resigned from three parliamentary committees in support of farmers’ agitation against the centre’s agriculture-related laws. He was a member of parliamentary committees on industries; petroleum and natural gas; and petitions. The RLP leader had also threatened to withdraw his support from the BJPled NDA government at the Centre.

Now, even those vehicles travelling from Delhi to Jaipur are not allowed to pass through Shahjahanpur border. Earlier, national highway (NH-8) was sealed at Shahajahanpur on Rajasthan-Haryana border for Delhi bound vehicles owing to farmers’ agitation. In view of the jam, heavy vehicles have been diverted through Paota (Jaipur) via Bansur and the light four-wheelers were being diverted through the Behror-Tatarpur-Khairtal route.
Meanwhile, thousands of farmers from various parts of the country, including Maharashtra, have gathered at the border.