Police in Punjab, northern India, detained hundreds of farmers and used bulldozers to remove their temporary camps in the border area, where they protested for more than a year, demanding better crop prices.

Farmers have been camping on the border with Haryana since February last year, when security forces stopped marching to the capital New Delhi to seek legal support to ensure more states support for crops.

Senior police officer Nanak Singh told the man that we do not need to use any force. ” Year News Agency on Wednesday night’s liquidation operation. “The farmers did a great job and they were on the bus themselves.”

He added that the farmers had notified in advance.

TV images show police use bulldozers to remove tents and stages while escorting farmers with personal belongings to the vehicle.

The hundreds of detained were farmers’ leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who were ambulanced with months of indefinite protests, media said.

“On the one hand, the government is negotiating with farmers’ organizations, and on the other hand, they are arresting them.”

The AAM AADMI Party (AAP) authorized to expel the Punjab rule said it was a request from farmers but required them to bear the dissatisfaction with the federal government.

“Let’s work together to protect the interests of Punjab,” said the party’s vice president Tarunpreet Singh Sond. “Close up the expressway is not the solution.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was forced to repeal some farm laws in 2021 after a year-long protest by farmers camping outside Delhi.

Fatehjung Singh Bajwa, vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said federal government officials met with farmers’ leaders on Wednesday.

He added in an article on X: “It is obvious that this arrest is an attempt to deliberately undermine the ongoing dialogue between farmers and BJP leaders.”