The farmers from the Bharatiya Kisan Union on Monday reached Jantar Mantar where the wrestlers have been protesting since April 23 against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

“A group of farmers were escorted to Jantar Mantar . At entry barricades they were in a hurry to reach the dharna site in which some of them climbed the barricades which fell down & were removed by them. Police team kept the barricades at the back aside to facilitate their entry”, DCP New Delhi Pranav Tayal said.

“The protestors have reached the dharna site and the meeting is going on peacefully”, the senior police official said.

This comes a day after the activists of BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) including women, had organised a protest at the Tikri border after they were stopped by the police from entering the national capital. However, they had broken the barricades and entered the capital.

The Delhi Police deployed over 2,000 personnel on Sunday amid the farmers' march to Jantar Mantar to join the protesting wrestlers. As per the Delhi Police, the people are allowed to enter Delhi in their private vehicles and buses not not by tractor trolleys.