No politician to be allowed on stage during ‘antim ardas’ for 4 farmers killed in Lakhimpur, says BKU
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No politician to be allowed on stage during ‘antim ardas’ for 4 farmers killed in Lakhimpur, says BKU
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No politician will be allowed to share the stage with farmer leaders at Tuesday’s 'antim ardas' prayers for the four farmers who were killed in the violence here on October 3, a BKU-Tikait office-bearer said.Preparations for the 'antim ardas' (final prayers) are under way at a field, away from the spot where the violence took place at Tikonia village."The 'antim ardas' for all the deceased farmers will be held on Tuesday at Tikonia," BKU-Tikait's district president Amandeep Singh Sandhu said on Monday.On whether politicians would be part of the prayers, BKU-Tikait district vice president Balkar Singh said, "No political leader will be allowed to share the stage where only Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders will be present."The SKM is an umbrella organisation of farmer unions that is spearheading the protest against three farm laws, which were enacted last year."Farmers and leaders of various farm unions from various states and districts of Uttar Pradesh will participate in the 'ardas' and 'bhog' programme at Tikonia," Sandhu said, adding that "no other programme apart from the 'antim ardas' and 'bhog' has been communicated so far".Eight people died in the October 3 violence and of them, four were farmers, allegedly knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP workers. Infuriated farmers then allegedly lynched some people in the vehicles. The other dead included two BJP workers and their driver. PTI
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The Tribune
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2021-10-11