Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers protest outside Mandi Samiti in Rudrapur

Rudrapur: Farmers under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Union tore the posters and hoardings erected outside Mandi Samiti office, located at Kichha road in Udham Singh Nagar headquarters, Rudrapur, during the swearing-in ceremony of newly nominated Mandi Samiti Chairperson, KK Das of BJP. Farmers shouted anti-BJP slogans, waved black flags at BJP leaders and even tried to jam the national highway. Heavy police force was called to pacify the agitated farmers. The farmers showed black flags to the local BJP legislator Rajkumar Thukral, BJP district president Shiv Arora and municipal corporation mayor Rampal Singh, who had arrived to be part of the event. BKU district president Saheb Singh Sekhon said that farmers from across the country have been protesting against the contentious laws for more than 11 months, but the government is not concerned at all. "Recently, we lost four fellow farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, where the son of a BJP leader mowed them down brutally by his car. The community is fighting for its rights, but BJP is busy organising events like this. We will not tolerate such disrespect and arrogance and are therefore protesting the swearing-in ceremony". Another farmer, Vikramjeet Singh said that the BJP is anti-farmer and is thus suppressing them. "We will continue protesting till our demands of repealing three farm laws and making Minimum Support Price a law are not fulfilled.” he said.

The Times of India

2021-10-12

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