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Agitating farmers picketed highway toll plazas in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Saturday and claimed thousands more will soon arrive on Delhi s borders as part of the intensification of their stir against the Centre s new agri laws, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi again asserted that these reforms will help increase the income of cultivators. Hundreds of security personnel were deployed at border points on highways linking Delhi following the announcement by agitating farmers to block the Jaipur-Delhi and the Delhi-Agra Expressways on Saturday. The roads functioned by and large normally though the protesters did block some stretches briefly and did not allow the collection of toll at many places.
NEW DELHI, Dec 12: As the farmers’ protest against new farm laws entered its 17th day, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the agitation no longer remains a farmers’ movement as it has been “infiltrated by Leftist and Maoist elements” demanding the release of those put behind bars for “anti-national activities”.
This, he said, was clearly to derail agriculture reforms brought by the Government.
Goyal, however, did not say if the Government had or is planning to take any action against any person belonging to banned outfits seen at the protests.
“We now realise that the so-called farmer agitation hardly remains a farmers’ agitation. It has almost got infiltrated by Leftist and Maoist elements, a flavour of which we saw over the last two days when there were extraneous demands to release people who have been put behind bars for anti-national (and) who have been put behind bars for illegal activities,” Goyal, the Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry
Published: Sunday, December 13, 2020, 9:52 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 13: As the farmers protest against new farm laws entered its 17th day, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the agitation no longer remains a farmers movement as it has been infiltrated by Leftist and Maoist elements demanding the release of those put behind bars for anti-national activities .
This, he said, was clearly to derail agriculture reforms brought by the government.
Goyal, however, did not say if the government had or is planning to take any action against any person belonging to banned outfits seen at the protests. We now realise that the so-called farmer agitation hardly remains a farmers agitation. It has almost got infiltrated by Leftist and Maoist elements, a flavour of which we saw over the last two days when there were extraneous demands to release people who have been put behind bars for anti-national (and) who have been put behind bars for illegal activities, Goyal, the Minister for
Farmer agitation no longer remains farmers movement; infiltrated by Leftist, Maoist elements, says Piyush Goyal indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.