Farmers Movement Archive

RLD leader to visit villages across west UP from Feb 5 to motivate farmers to join stir

AGRA: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) vice-president Jayant Chaudhary will visit several districts across western Uttar Pradesh, including Mathura, Agra, Aligarh, Hathras and Shamli, from Friday to muster support of farmers protesting against the three farm laws at Delhi borders. Chaudhary is scheduled to address a 'mahapanchayat' in Shamli on Friday and then visit Amroha on February 7 and Aligarh on February 9. The RLD leader said, “A campaign to unite and further strengthen the farmers' movement will be launched in Mathura on Chaudhary Ajit Singh’s birthday on February 12, as a tribute to his sacrifices to the farming community.” He will stay in Mathura for four days — February 12, 16, 17 and 18. Besides, his visit to Bulandshahr is scheduled on February 10 and Hathras on February 15. Chaudhary said the government should understand that if these laws are unacceptable to the farmers for whom they have been enacted, then they should be repealed. “We will move village to village to continue mustering support for the farmers and keep this movement alive,” he said, adding that it is a "battle of ideology". Party’s state spokesperson Sunil Rohta told TOI that the 'Chalo Gaon Ki Ore' [move towards village] programme was announced by Chaudhary at Mathura’s 'mahapanchayat'. It will cover the maximum number of villages across western UP in the coming days.

The Times of India

2021-02-05

Agra