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The Khanauri-Datasingh border situated on the border of Haryana and Punjab has once again come at the center of the country’s biggest farmers’ movement. The United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) had called for a 228 km long ‘Kisan Bachao Padyatra’ to demand the exclusion of agriculture and dairy sector from the proposed India-US Trade Deal and a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) on the purchase of crops. Haryana Administration and Jind District Police have imposed tight security arrangements on the border to stop this foot march which will start from Datasingh Wala village in Punjab from 16 August 2026 and end with the Kisan Mahapanchayat at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 29 August.
According to reports, Hindustan News Report It has been clarified that Haryana Police has completely closed the road at Khanauri interstate border by installing big concrete boulders, 5-layer barricading, containers and barbed wire. Riot control vehicles, water cannons and heavy police force have been deployed on the border. Police say that the farmers do not have official permission to march towards Delhi, so movement on the border has been stopped to maintain law and order. Due to this, normal vehicles traveling between Punjab and Haryana are being diverted from nearby rural link roads.
Proposal for talks with Haryana Chief Minister rejected: Farmers adamant on meeting with Union Agriculture Minister
With the aim of reducing tension on the border and ending the deadlock, three rounds of talks were organized between senior administrative and police officials of Haryana Government and farmer representatives. During this, Haryana administration officials gave a formal proposal to the farmer leaders to hold a direct meeting with the Chief Minister of the state and present their problems.
However, prominent leaders of the United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) Jagjit Singh Dallewal Outrightly rejected this proposal of talks with the Chief Minister of Haryana. Dallewal bluntly said that his movement is not against the state government and his main demands fall directly under the jurisdiction of the central government.
Farmer leaders made it clear that they would only focus on their core issues—especially the threat of Indian agriculture being included in the India-US trade agreement and the MSP guarantee law based on the Swaminathan Commission’s C2+50% formula. Union Agriculture Minister And will sit at the negotiating table along with the policy makers of the central government. Dallewal announced that until permission is given to go to Delhi, the farmers will continue to sit on strike peacefully at Khanauri border point.
‘Objection on tractors, ban on walking also’: Dallewal targeted the government
While talking to the media at Khanauri border, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal expressed strong objection to the government’s stance. He said that this heavy barricading of the government exposes its anti-farmer mentality.
Dallewal said, “Earlier, when farmers used to march to Delhi with tractor-trolleys with their demands, the government had objection that they could not come on the roads with tractors. Now when only 51 selected farmers from different parts of the country want to go to Jantar Mantar in Delhi on foot in a peaceful and disciplined manner, the government still has objections and we are not being allowed to move forward. This clearly proves that the roads are not the farmers. In fact, the government itself harasses the general public by closing roads and borders.”
as The Hindu Report Also mentioned, farmer leaders also alleged that even before the march began, the Haryana Police had taken several farmer officials and associates from the state into precautionary custody.
What are the main demands of the farmers? Why is there an uproar over India-America trade deal?
Supported by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Gurnam Singh Chaduni faction), this ‘Kisan Bachao Padayatra’ has several major national issues at its core:
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Keeping agriculture sector out of India-US trade agreement: The main opposition of farmer organizations is regarding the proposed India-US Free Trade Agreement. Bharatiya Kisan Union leaders Gurnam Singh Chaduni and Dallewal say that if sectors like agriculture, dairy, poultry and fisheries are included in this agreement, cheap products from America’s huge and heavily subsidized agricultural farms will flood the Indian markets. Due to this, small and marginal farmers of India will be ruined and international multinational companies will gain control over Indian food security and agriculture.
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Legal Guarantee of MSP: As per the recommendations of Dr. MS Swaminathan Commission, a law should be made to provide legal right to Minimum Support Price (MSP) on the purchase of all crops on C2 + 50 percent formula.
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Debt relief of farmers: A comprehensive policy should be made to free the distressed farmers across the country from debt.
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Increase in FRP of sugarcane: There should be a substantial increase in the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane.
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Withdrawal of cases filed during the movement: All police cases registered against farmers during previous farmer movements in Delhi and states should be canceled and written assurances given in earlier talks should be implemented.
228 km route from Datasinghwala to Jantar Mantar: Know the outline of the padyatra
The Indian Express Coverage According to , the entire route of the Padyatra was decided starting from Datasingh Wala on the Punjab-Haryana border to Jantar Mantar in Delhi via Narwana, Uchana, Khatkar Toll, Jind, Ludana, Gohana, Israna, Samalkha and Singhu border. About 150 to 200 volunteers were going to participate in this 13-day march along with 51 main marchers.
There itself Aaj Tak Hindi News According to the ground report, the police administration in Jind and Narwana area is fully prepared to not allow the farmers to enter the Haryana border under any circumstances. Due to heavy police deployment and presence of barbed wire on the border, a situation of huge jam and deadlock has arisen on the Khanauri border.
Tug of war between administration and farmers: What will be the future trend?
At present, peaceful protest of farmers is going on at Khanauri border. Farmer leaders have made it clear that they will neither commit any violence nor retreat. They say that the right to peaceful march and protest provided by the Constitution is being suppressed. On the other hand, Haryana Police and administrative officials are maintaining strictness on the border in the name of maintaining law and order.
In the coming days, it will be very important to see whether the central government takes any new initiative for talks at the central level to resolve the farmers’ demands and trade deal concerns, or whether this impasse turns into another long strike at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders. The situation on the border is being constantly monitored from both sides.