Farmers take out protest rally against farm laws
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Farmers take out protest rally against farm laws
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Roorkee: To protest against the three new farm laws, local farmers, under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), took out a protest rally in Roorkee on Sunday. The farmers, about 150 in number, intended to march to Delhi to join the ongoing farmers’ protest. However, the local police convinced them to stop their rally while telling them about Covid-19 regulations. Later, the farmers gave a memorandum of their demands to the local administration. “We postponed our march towards Delhi as the local administration assured us that our demands will be communicated to the Centre at the earliest. If the three new laws are not revoked immediately, we will certainly march towards Delhi,” Padam Singh Rod, Uttarakhand BKU head. Meanwhile, SP (rural) Swapn Kishore Singh said, “After a long conversation, we managed to convince the farmers to not march to Delhi. Their message will be conveyed to the government.”
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-01-04
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Dehradun