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Farmers from Uttarakhand prepare to take part in tractor rally on Republic Day

NAINITAL: As talks between the Centre and farmers failed again on Wednesday, farmers in Uttarakhand are gearing up to march towards Delhi to take part in the tractor rally scheduled for Republic Day. On Thursday, farmer leaders held several meetings with traders and appealed to support their march scheduled for Saturday. Speaking to TOI, Terai Kisan Sangathan’s president Tejinder Singh Virk said that the plans have been formalised to start the march on Saturday and farmers from across the state will join the movement. “We are speaking with local traders and common people so that our movement does not disturb them. We have held several rounds of talks with farmers from Bajpur, Kashipur, Kiccha and Rudrapur and they will turn up with tractors, cars and even motorcycles. Meanwhile, farmers from Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur and Moradabad will also join the march,” Virk added. Not only men, several women farmers have said that they will also join the march with their children and take part in the tractor rally in order to express protest against the laws. “It is not only men but thousands of women and children will also take part in the rally. We want to tell the government that each and every farmer is against these agri laws, and therefore, our participation is necessary,” said one Navreet Kaur. The farmers also conducted a trial rally on the national highway on Wednesday which saw several hundred tractors lining up on the road. The farmers have said that they expect over 8,000 people to turn up for the march, but the number can go much higher. “We held a trial rally on the NH in Bilaspur and hundreds of people turned up. It was just to see our preparedness and we expect thousands to turn up on the final day,” Virk said.

The Times of India

2021-01-22

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