Watch: Shaheen Bagh gives a warm welcome to Punjab farmers who were detained earlier

Name: Watch: Shaheen Bagh gives a warm welcome to Punjab farmers who were detained earlier
Uploaded: 2020-02-05T16:28:39.882465+05:30
Channel: Scroll Staff
Description: Punjab Kisan Union members spent the night in Bala Sahib Gurudwara after the police prevented them from reaching the protest site.

Punjab Kisan Union members spent the night in Bala Sahib Gurudwara after the police prevented them from reaching the protest site.

Scroll Staff

Feb 05, 2020 · 04:27 pm

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This is how we welcome when ppl come with real identity and good intention.@gunjakapoor please learn something from them.

Women of Shaheen bagh welcoming the Sikh farmers of Punjab who were detained by Delhi police yesterday ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ecACmbdMP4
— Nasir Mirza (@Nasir_Speaks) February 5, 2020

Women of the Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA sit-in welcome supporters from Punjab with hugs and smiles, after they marched from Bala Saheb Gurudwara, allegedly after negotiating routes with the police.

Update 12:40 P.M

We are overjoyed to welcome our sisters and brothers from Punjab amongst us! Our fight for the Indian constitution grows stronger with your solidarities ✊🏾✊🏾#ShaheenBaghProtests #shaheenbagh #defendtheconstitution pic.twitter.com/Syz0v77f9j
— Shaheen Bagh Official (@Shaheenbaghoff1) February 5, 2020

Update: 2:10 A.M
8 buses of Sikh Farmers travelling from Punjab to show solidarity with Shaheen Bagh were stopped by police officers without name tags 3 km away from Shaheen bagh. No reasons for stopping them were provided. They were eventually taken to Gurudwara Balasaheb. pic.twitter.com/9cd1Gwt4mE
— Shaheen Bagh Official (@Shaheenbaghoff1) February 4, 2020

A farmer from Punjab recounts on February 4, how they were prevented by the police from going toward Shaheen Bagh without reason, and taken to the Gurudwara instead.

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