Fifteen MPs representing various 10 political partiestoday visited the protest site at the Ghahzipur border of Delhi-Uttar Pradesh,according to one of the MPs.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD),Supriya Sule of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Kanimozhi of DMK andSugata Roy of the Trinamool Congress among others visited the Ghazipur protestsite.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal in a tweet wrote, "Saw firsthand the conditions created at Ghazipur border. Shocked to see the treatmentbeing meted out to the annadaata. Farmers are barricaded behind fortress likeconcrete barriers and barbed wire fencing. Even ambulances and fire brigadescannot enter the protest site."
According to reports and visuals circulating on socialnetworking sites, the police have set up barricades, cemented metal spikes onroads and used barbed wires over walls and on road to block the entry and exitof farmers.
As per reports, protesters will be joined by theircounters from Western Uttar Pradesh after the decision by Khap Panchayats ofvarious areas.
"We are here so that we can discuss this issue(farmers' protest) in parliament. The Speaker is not letting us raise theissue. Now, all the parties will give details of what is happening here,"Badal told ANI.