Farmers Movement Archive

More farmers from US Nagar reaching Ghazipur, our numbers have doubled: Farmer leaders

RUDRAPUR: More farmers from the Terai area of the Udham Singh Nagar district reached the protest site at Ghazipur border on Saturday. The number of Terai farmers at the protest site has now reached 10,000, say farmer leaders. Tejender Singh Virk, president of the Terai Kisan Mahasabha, told TOI, “The total number of farmers crossed the 25,000-mark on Saturday. Among these, 10,000 farmers from the Terai region. We hope that more number of farmers from Uttarakhand will come forward to support the farmers' movement.” As the number of farmers continues to swell, internet services have also been suspended at the spot. Sardar Karm Singh Padda, state president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, said, “Thousands of Terai farmers have been camping at the Ghazipur border to protest against the three farm laws. We are perpetually motivating more and more of them to reach the site.” In a similar vein, Jagtar Singh Bajwa, spokesperson of the Kisan Andolan Committee, Ghazipur, said, “The agitation is set to gain strength as a large number of farmers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are moving towards the national capital to join the protest.” Meanwhile, Shilpi Arora, general secretary of Uttarakhand women Congress, while speaking to TOI from Ghazipur, alleged that BJP workers are fomenting trouble at various Delhi borders. “We will fight these BJP goons peacefully and will not resort to violence even as they are continuously trying to stir trouble here.”

The Times of India

2021-01-31

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