Govt to hold talks with farmers tomorrow as stir enters day 2
The local police stood their ground and continued to stop the protesting farmers from heading towards the national capital.
The local police stood their ground and continued to stop the protesting farmers from heading towards the national capital.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has issued a statement appealing to the farmers to reach the site as soon as possible to strengthen the agitation.
As rain lashed the area, the farmers rushed to secure the food items kept in tents from getting damaged.
As of now, this highway has been opened from one side only from late Monday night.
He called farmers “true patriots” and said that on January 26 protesters were deliberately diverted from the prescribed route and those who hoisted the flag at the Red Fort were their workers.
Led by NCR general secretary of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Mangeram Tyagi the ‘Padyatra’ that started from Jakhait village of district Bulandshahar on Wednesday would reach the protest site at Ghazipur border covering a distance of about 80 kilometres.
Led by NCR general secretary of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Mangeram Tyagi, the 'Padyatra' that started from Jakhait village of district Bulandshahr on Wednesday would reach the protest site at Ghazipur border covering a distance of about 80 Kilometers.
The police have strengthened security at the Ghazipur border protest site by setting up barbed wire fences, barricades and spikes on the road and have dug up trenches to stop the farmers from entering the national capital. The measures have been put in place after the tractor rally violence that took place on the Republic Day.
Speaking at the Maha Panchayat here on Friday, farmer leaders were unanimous in their opinion that they would take the ongoing agitation to its logical conclusion.
The government had assured that the minimum support price (MSP) for their agricultural produce will not be scrapped, a major concern for the farmers. However, the protesters are rigid on the demand of scrapping of the three laws.
