Farmers Movement Archive

Farmer union holds tractor rally in Bhopal

BHOPAL: Extending support to the agitating farmers of Delhi, the farmers associated with Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) took out a rally in Bhopal on Sunday. They said, police did not allow the rally to enter the state capital. The rally was planned from Misrod to Board Office Square but the police did not allow the tractors to enter the city, Suresh Patidar, the district president of the BKU said. He said, the police also did not allow the protesters to include large number of tractor trolleys for the rally, Patidar said adding, the rally proceeded towards Bhopal for about 1km on Hoshangabad Road and was made to return. “We went up to Mandideep and returned to Misrod,” he said. Patidar urged the Centre to withdraw all the three controversial agriculture laws. He said that more than 80% of farmers are against the law but the government is not allowing them to agitate. “BKU has a very good presence in MP but the state government has suppressed the agitation”, he alleged. Meanwhile the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella union of various organizations in Bhopal alleged that police on January 22 midnight cleared protesters from a sit in being held at Karond mandi. “The agitation was started after consent of the administration,” said a spokesperson of the organization, adding, “the act of the police is against democracy.

The Times of India

2021-01-25

Bhopal