Farmers, BJP workers clash at Ghazipur
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Farmers, BJP workers clash at Ghazipur
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Farmers and Bharatiya Janata Party workers clashed at the Ghazipur border on Wednesday. Each side held the other responsible for the fracas in which at least six BJP workers sustained minor injuries and around two dozen cars that were part of the party cavalcade damaged. BJP district president Sanjeev Sharma said he and 300 party workers were waiting on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to welcome Amit Valmiki, the newly appointed general secretary of the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit.when the incident happened. Farmer groups described it as yet another planned attempt of the ruling party to disrupt their peaceful movement against the agriculture reform laws. “The workers of the ruling party were beating drums and raising slogans against the ongoing farmers’ movement since morning,” said BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2021-07-01
Coverage
Ghaziabad