Farmers Movement Archive

Uttar Pradesh:'Thousands of farmers’ to reach Delhi border in tractors on June 25, says BKU

MUZAFFARNAGAR: After a lull, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) is set to intensify ongoing protests at Delhi borders. The farmers’ outfit is planning to take out a tractor march from Saharanpur on June 24 which is expected to reach Delhi the following day. “Thousands of farmers are expected to join the march which will take a halt in Meerut the same evening,” a BKU leader said. Its leader Naresh Tikait told TOI that farmers are left with no option but to intensify the ongoing protests with the government. On Sunday, a large number of BKU activists gathered at BKU national office in Muzaffarnagar and held a meeting. Naresh Tikait said, “What do we do? We have no choice other than speed up the protest being held at the Ghazipur border. The government is not paying heed to what the farmers want.” Tikait also targeted police for harassment of farmers. According to the BKU’s Muzaffarnagar district president, Dheeraj Latian, “Farmers will start the march from Saharanpur district on June 24 and will stop at the toll plaza in Meerut for a night and will restart the march for the Delhi border the next morning.” Sources in BKU said that meetings are being held in every village to mobilise farmers and ensure that thousands of them reach the protest site in NCR. The BKU leaders have been urging the Union government to resume talks with farmers on the deadlock over farm laws.

The Times of India

2021-06-21

Meerut