Big Farmers’ Protest In Delhi Today, Security Stepped Up: 10 Points

1. The “mahapanchayat” has been known as by some farmer organisations, together with Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), alleging rising unemployment within the nation. Some farmers have been seen overturning the barricades put up by police, and elevating slogans on the protest website.

2. These farmer organisations have been demanding correct implementation of minimal assist worth (MSP) for crops. They’ve additionally sought the withdrawal of instances registered towards the farmers throughout their year-long protest towards the farm legal guidelines.

3. Other than Delhi police personnel, extra forces have been deployed at borders, together with Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur. All automobiles coming into the nationwide capital are being checked, inflicting visitors snarls in components of town.

4. Large deployment was seen alongside railway tracks, bus stations and metro stations as effectively to keep away from any untoward incident. The Delhi police have requested commuters to keep away from a number of the routes, officers mentioned.

5. Final week, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha had organised an illustration in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, “in search of justice” within the 2021 violence case. Eight individuals, together with 4 farmers, have been allegedly run over by Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish in Lakhimpur Kheri in October final yr.

6. On Sunday, farmer chief Rakesh Tikait was detained by the police on the Ghazipur border as he tried to enter the nationwide capital to participate within the ‘mahapanchayat’.

7. “This battle will proceed until the final breath. Will not cease, will not get drained, will not bow down,” later Rakesh Tikait tweeted in Hindi after he was launched and despatched again. He alleged that the Delhi police have been working on the behest of the centre.

8. The farmer chief mentioned he will likely be assembly the representatives of SKM on September 6 in Delhi to “strategise their future plan of action”.

9. Earlier, hundreds of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan had camped at border factors round Delhi, demanding the cancellation of centre’s three farm legal guidelines for nearly a yr.

10. The contentious farm legal guidelines have been withdrawn by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2021, saying the federal government couldn’t persuade protesting farmers about the advantages of reforms.

(With inputs from businesses)