Farmers Movement Archive

SP workers protest against alleged rigging in panchayat poll

Gorakhpur: A huge number of Samajwadi Party workers, led by the district president Ram Nagina Sahini, staged protest against alleged rigging during Panchayat election and rising prices of essential commodities, at Gorakhpur Sadar Tehsil gate on Thursday. The SP workers tried to enter the tehsil gate but were stopped by the police. They left after handing over a 16-point memorandum addressed to the President of India, to Sadar Tehsildar. On the instructions of the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, the party workers led by Sahini reached the Sadar Tehsil gate at noon but were stopped there by police. Some party workers tried to climb the gate. After a huge protest they left after handing over a memorandum. “Democracy was unimaginably murdered during the panchayat polls on July 8 and July 10 in the district which is shameful. We have 16 demands in the memorandum including the roll back of the farm laws, pending payment to sugarcane farmers, bringing back law and order situation on track in the state,” said Sahini.

The Times of India

2021-07-16

Varanasi