Farmers Movement Archive

Will snatch rights in the new year, says farmer leader in Gzb

Ghaziabad: Farmer leader VM Singh, who was at UP Gate on Thursday, said that the protesters will snatch their rights in the new year. “This year has been so bad. I will pray to god that new paths open for the farmers and they work with renewed energy. At last, the talk about MSP came up in the meeting on Wednesday. It will continue (to be discussed) in the next meeting on January 4. The new year is going to be in the farmer’s name. Farmers across the country are on the roads so the government will have to listen to them,” he said while addressing the crowd. Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) press in-charge Shamsher Rana said that the tractor rally that was planned for January 31 has been cancelled. He added that they are preparing themselves for the next round of the talks. “A large number of farmers are planning to gather here. We are continuing with our preparation. Many farmers who are in their villages are now thinking of coming here (to the protest venue),” he told TOI. The national president of the youth wing of BKU-Tikait, Gaurav Tikait, termed the ongoing protest as the first movement in the country where politics has been set aside. “Farmers are sitting up on the dais while political leaders are sitting down,” he said. Referring to those who have lost their lives during the protest he said: “The death of 40 farmers at protest sites will not go in vain. If not today, tomorrow the government will listen to us.” Meanwhile, police and the protesting farmers themselves have been keeping a watch on movement of people in an effort to avoid any incident. The farmers have set up two check posts on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on the Ghaziabad-Delhi lane. For the past few days, volunteers have been checking the identity of people before allowing their vehicles to pass through the area. With the number of farmers on the rise, the protest venue has now stretched up to about 1 kilometre near UP Gate.

The Times of India

2021-01-01

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