Various farmer unions, including Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) and Bhartiya Kisan Union (Dakaunda), have accused the railway authorities of diverting and short terminating many trains carrying the Delhi-bound farmer protesters.
Hundreds of farmers from Punjab’s Bathinda, Mansa and Ferozpur were boarding the trains to reach the protest site on Delhi borders where farmers have been protesting against the agriculture laws since last November, but the railway authorities have diverted the trains said BKU (Ugrahan) leader Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan.
"Diverting trains is highly condemnable. But this does not mean that the farmers have stopped going to Delhi. They are moving in large numbers via tractor trolleys, buses and tempo travellers," Kokrikalan added.
Railways have been accused of diverting Delhi route trains to derail farmers' protest. As per sources, Punjab mail which runs between Ferozpur and Mumbai, diverted by the authorities from Rohtak to Rewari and later towards Mumbai.
Allegedly, these trains were carrying around 1,000 farmers who were supposed to deboard at Bahadurgarh, four kilometres before Tikri border; but were forced to deboard at Rohtak and Rewari.
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Another train, which runs between Ganganagar to old Delhi, was also short terminated at Bahadurgarh. However, the railway authorities clarified the diversion due to some operational reasons.
Earlier on January 13 and 16, various trains were diverted, cancelled and short terminated to obstruct farmers from reaching New Delhi.