Uttar Pradesh: 27-year-old farmer destroys crop in protest after Rakesh Tikait call | City
Feb 21, 2021, 11:32AM ISTSource: TOI.in A 27-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor on Saturday publicly destroyed standing wheat crop on his six-bigha farmland to mark his protest against the new central agriculture laws. A video clip showing Sohit Ahlawat riding a tractor over his wheat crop at Kulchana village in Chandpur tehsil went viral on messenger apps. At a kisan mahapanchayat just a day ago, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait had urged farmers to give importance to the agitation and, if need be, destroy their crops. On Saturday afternoon, Tikait said Ahlawat’s video h...
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