‘Farmers’ Parliament’ a stone’s throw from Parliament

Outlined like an actual House with ‘Speaker’, ‘Deputy Speaker’ and 200 floor members on rotation basis, it passed two resolutions as well

At Jantar Mantar, barely two kilometres away from Parliament in Sansad Marg where the monsoon session is under way, farmers protesting against the farm laws held ‘Farmers’ Parliament’. In the wake of protests that turned violent on Republic Day, the area was heavily barricaded with thousands of security personnel including senior Delhi Police officers on duty all day long. A few minutes past midnight, the first bus of farmers arrived with a “convoy” of security personnel. Sticking to their word, 200 farmers arrived in four buses. Farmers’ IDs – provided by Samyukta Kisan Morcha mentioning their names and details, which most wore around their necks – were checked multiple times and the whole area was covered by CCTVs, many installed specifically for ‘Farmers’ Parliament’.