Rail Roko Andolan: DMRC closes entry, exit at four metro stations - The security at the borders of Delhi with Haryana and Punjab as well as at the Ghaziabad border with Uttar Pradesh has been increased as well.
Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 14:58 IST
An agitation for the roll back of farm laws is increasingly being exploited to serve a multitude of disparate purposes. Jat farmers protesting at the Ghazipur border | Photo Credit: BCCL
In a renewed endeavour to wrench back the spotlight on themselves, agitating farmers are holding Rail Roko to infuse greater vigour into their movement. A Mahapanchayat of farmers is also being organised at Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
Considering the acute politicisation of the first extremely prolonged farmers’ sit-in on Delhi borders, the movement has grown out of its initial intended avatar of protesting the three farms laws that the Centre had enacted through the ordinance route.
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