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Farmer Leaders Say Respectful Solution Should Be Found But Won t Succumb to Pressure; Oppn Steps Up Attack on Govt
Farmers have been protesting at Singhu border against Centre s new agri reforms. (File photo/PTI)
As hundreds of farmers continued to converge at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following a tearful Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait s impassioned appeal on Thursday, the ripples spread deeper in western Uttar Pradesh where a mahapanchyat was held in Baghpat in support of the stir, the third in as many days in the key region.
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Updated: Jan 30, 2021, 06:31 AM IST
Since Thursday night, Ghazipur border (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border) has become the centrestage of the farmers agitation. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who is spearheading the movement, had on Thursday that the agitation wouldn t ened, no matter what. Tension at the border has increased even as the Ghaziabad administration is trying to remove the farmers from the protest site.
Hundreds of farmers gathered at a Muzaffarnagar town on Friday for the Mahapanchayat in support of the BKU-led protest at the Ghazipur border. The farmers at the Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar have decided that they will begin proceeding towards the Ghazipur border to support and strengthen the farmers movement the
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia arrives at Ghazipur border (Source: ANI)
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday visited the Ghazipur border, where farmers are protesting against three recent farm laws of the Centre, to check the arrangements made for them by the city government.
Talking to reporters, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said the farmers protest has full support of the Delhi government. The AAP supports the protesting farmers and I have come here to check the arrangements made by the Delhi government. I have checked the arrangements of drinking water, toilets and other basic amenities for the farmers, he said.
Tense situation at Singhu border farm protest site, police fire tear gas shells ANI | Updated: Jan 29, 2021 14:10 IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): A tense situation prevailed at Singhu border after scuffles broke out on Friday between protesting farmers and local people who were demanding that the area be vacated.
Stone-pelting incidents were also reported from the area after which the police had to resort to lathicharge and fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
Police barricades were also reportedly broken.
Some people were seen raising slogans against farmers and asked them to vacate the protest site.
The local people who were protesting against the farmers demanding the site to be vacated raised slogans like Khalistan Murdabad , Tirange ka apmaan nahi sahega Hindustan (India will not tolerate the insult of flag). They were also holding placards with the same slogans.
NEW DELHI : Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday visited the Ghazipur border, where farmers are protesting against three recent farm laws