Samajwadi Party leaders under house arrest in Bijnor to prevent them protesting against farm bills
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Samajwadi Party leaders under house arrest in Bijnor to prevent them protesting against farm bills
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BIJNOR: Bijnor police placed Samajwadi Party leaders, including Nagar Palika chairman Shamshad Ansari, under house arrest on Monday to prevent them from protesting against the farm bills passed amid protests by opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday. The bills were passed by the Lok Sabha earlier. Samajwadi Party held tehsil-level protests across Uttar Pradesh on Monday against the two bills — Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. They also protested against "deteriorating" law and order and unemployment in the state. In Bijnor, police stopped Noorpur SP MLA Naemulhasan, district president Rashid Husain and Shanshad Ansari from staging a protest. Some leaders were put under house arrest during the protest time. Talking with TOI, SP's district unit president Rashid Husain said, "Government through police wants to crush the voice of public. It is a murder of democracy." He added, "Our party workers are staging protests peacefully but police are not letting them to do so. Our leaders have been placed under house arrest."
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The Times of India
Date
2020-09-22
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Meerut