Farmers protest against Lakhimpur incident
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Farmers protest against Lakhimpur incident
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Hyderabad: Farmers and farmers organisations across Telangana took to the roads to protest against the killing of four farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. “We are not of the opinion that the farmers died in an accident. It appears to be a deliberate act to kill them,” Vissa Kiran Kumar of Rythu Swarajya Vedika said. Although a bigger protest was planned at the Dharna Chowk near Indira Park, Kiran Kumar said they were not able to get police permission in view of the assembly session. Organisations which came under the banner of All India Kisan Sangarsh Coordination Committee demanded that an enquiry be conducted by a sitting judge of SC into the incident and the guilty punished. Chief advisor of the Consortium of Indian Farmers Association P Chengal Reddy said while the government had come up with the farm laws, its rules were yet to be framed for anyone to oppose them. “The point is that government has come up with what it feels is what should be done. Since this has become contentious, the SC would be right in speeding up process of giving its judgment,” he said.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-10-05
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Hyderabad