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We Sabha polls due next year as the farmers”, said a septuage- agricultural markets, gobble condemn this,” said KC Tyagi they are holding ruling dis- narian from Baghpat district, up the profit” said Sukhpal of Janata Dal (United). pensation responsible for their who travelled in his tractor Singh, from Barwala village in The Congress party’s youth “plight”. braving all odds. Muzaffarnagar. wing tweeted, “Is this the India This has set alarm bells “No doubt, there was a “Diesel prices have shot up Gandhiji dreamt and died for? ringing for the BJP. Farmers wave for Modi in 2014, but by more than 40 per cent and Modi Govt forcibly bans farm- particularly of sugar-cane belt farmers are disenchanted with power tariffs have surged by ers from sharing their problems of Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) him now,” said sugar cane more than 20 per cent in the with the Govt. Is India not a are cross with the ruling grower Billu Chaudhary from past two years. democracy? Just shows that BJP Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Meerut Partapur village sitting Villages account for most Govt only supports their rich alleging that the “middlemen” in protest and smoking a Bidi of India’s diesel consumption friends and no one else; not the are still eating their pie while adding that Modi promised to and that’s why higher prices youth, or women or farmers! the common farmers are at the double farmers’ income but our pinch farmers the most, but Shame.” receiving end. earning has halved because of diesel in India is much more Delhi Chief Minister The farmers West UP, his apathy and anti-farmer expensive than Bhutan, Arvind Kejriwal said farmers Uttarakhand, Himachal policies. Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri should be allowed to enter Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab Farmers are also angry Lanka,” said Gajendra Singh, a Delhi. “Why are they not being left their homes for Delhi and over a sharp rise in the pump farmer from Shamli. allowed to enter Delhi? This is traversed through the length price of diesel and a steep hike Police action to stop farm- wrong. We are with the farm- and breadth of North India in in electricity tariffs. Many ers from entering into the ers,” he said. a week long journey along farmers across the country use national Capital evoked sharp Former UP Chief Minister with their tractors and trolleys. diesel to run tractors for reaction from the Opposition Akhilesh Yadav also came in However, their march was halt- ploughing and tractor trolleys parties as they attacked Centre the support of farmers’ ed on Delhi borders by the for moving their produce to over police action, and termed demand. heavy deployment of police wholesale markets. They it “unfulfilled promises” by the “This Government has not which resorted to mild use of depend on electricity to oper- Narendra Modi Government fulfilled the promises it made force to contain the march. ate irrigation pumps. and increasing farmer distress. to the farmers, so it is natural The Pioneer spoke to the “ Small farmers have been “On International Day of that farmers would protest. It farmers who came marching all hit by rising costs of living. Non-Violence, the BJP’s is unfortunate and we fully sup- the way from Haridwar to They have benefited little from Gandhi Jayanti celebrations port the farmers,” said the Delhi and were “baffled” and increased Minimum Support started with an attack on farm- Samajwadi Party chief. 5 * 6 " . O "P " " R $ % *+ , not able to come schools, so the schools have Farmers marching towards demand loan waiver, subsidised been ordered to close the schools. Delhi as part of the Bharatiya electricity and fuel, pension for he Ghaziabad district magistrate (DM)has Commenting on injuries the DM told that Kisan Union’s (BKU) protest farmers above 60 and imple- Tordered to close all the public private and three or four farmers have been admitted with call over demands ranging mentation of recommendations Government schools on Wednesday. minor injuries in local Max, Yadhoda and from farm loan waiver to cut in of the Swaminathan Comm- The Ghaziabad DM Ritu Maheswari in her Government MMG hospitals. They have been fuel prices were stopped at the ission. The rally began from Ti- order stated that in view of farmers’ agitation and discharged after the first aid service added the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border kait Ghat in Haridwar on Sep- subsequent traffic diversion the students would district information officer. Tuesday with police using tember 23. Farmers from places water cannons to disperse as far as Gonda, Basti and Gor- them. Following the protest akhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh and to maintain law and order and the sugarcane belt of west- prohibitory orders were issued ern UP joined the agitation. on Monday by Deputy But the members of the Commissioner of Police (East) Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), ! Pankaj Singh under section which organised the farmers’ 144 of the Criminal Procedure march, say that they haven’t Code which will be in force reached an agreement on the ,, $ “Based upon the prelimi- two men allegedly linked to until October 8. Thousands of full implementation of the nary findings of a vigilance drug peddlers in the area. farmers walked and travelled in Swaminathan report regarding he Station House Officer enquiry conducted by Protest had irrupted following tractors from neighbouring the minimum selling price T(SHO) of New Friends Additional DCP-I, South East the killing and locals alleged Uttar Pradesh. According to (MSP), and on their demand of Colony police station was on District to look into the alleged police apathy in catching the farmers, they were supposed to one-time complete loan waiver. Tuesday sent to District lapses by local police in the killers and demanded a CBI end their rally at Kisan Ghat, “The Government may Policelines along with the divi- context of murder of Rupesh, probe into the matter alleging " the memorial of renowned consider our other demands sion officer Sub Inspector (SI) a resident of Taimur Nagar, on local police staff to be in farmer leader Chaudhary such as electricity tariffs and Rajender Singh and three beat September 30 last and resulted cahoots with the drug peddlers * %+ & insight into what transpired for they were being addressed by Charan Singh, near Raj Ghat, crop insurance till then we will constables were placed under in law and order problem, in the area. % few hours before at Delhi-UP their local leaders who were but were stopped at the heavi- sit on strike here at Ghazipur,” suspension for their gross inac- SHO Inspector Sushil Kumar The locals took to the border when thousands of atop a tractor-trolley when the ly-barricaded Delhi-UP border. said Narendra Chaudhary a tion in controlling the law and and Division Officer SI streets and blocked the main unctured tractors and farmers tried to forcefully enter top echelons were on negotia- Angry farmers tried to farmer from Partapur, Meerut order situation after the mur- Rajender have been sent to Mathura road. Locals also pelt- Pdeflated trolleys opposite the national Capital. tion table with the ruling dis- break the barriers and raised slo- (UP). “The Government has der of one Rupesh on Sunday. District Lines and Beat officers ed stones and burnt two motor- the police barricades, heavy Tired after a week long pensation, the farmers were gans forcing the police to use failed on its promise to remove An order to this effect was HC Ajay, Ct Surender and Ct cycles. The relatives alleged ille- police deployment, water-can- journey and disillusioned by adamant not to leave. Each batons, tear gas shells and water the middlemen and hence still issued by the Deputy Hari Chand have been placed gal immigrants residing in the nons, fire-brigade, riot control the police crackdown farmers farmer carried a “lathi” and cannons to disperse them. Several a large chunk of profit is eaten Commissioner of Police under suspension,” DCP area of being involved in drug vehicles, ambulances in stand- were resting on road under the most of them were wearing protesters were injured in the by these touts while farmer gets (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal Chinmoy Biswal stated. trafficking. The deceased’s fam- by and policemen ready with over-bridge at Delhi-UP border white color “kurta-pajyma” process. The distressed farmers the left over,” said Sonu after a preliminary enquiry The departmental action ily alleged that he had opposed all their gears to stop the at Ghazipur crack-down by with green-white cap on their have been protesting as part of Sikarwar, a farmer from was conducted by Additional was taken after Rupesh was the sale of drugs in the area due advance of farmers, gave an Delhi Police the farmers while head the trademark of BKU.

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