Farmers, who’re protesting in opposition to the three agricultural legal guidelines of the Center on Delhi’s borders, are celebrating the completion of six months of agitation on Wednesday as ‘Black Day’.
The farmers, principally from Punjab, reached the Delhi border on 26 November to protest in opposition to the controversial agricultural legal guidelines. Protests rose within the days after hundreds of farmers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and different states had been concerned. The farmers have been staging protests on the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders since November.
According to the officers of the United Kisan Morcha, the farmers will burn the effigy of the federal government on the Singhu border. Similar protests will happen in states together with West Bengal, Rajasthan and Maharashtra in coordination with farmers throughout the nation.
Earlier this yr, the federal government agreed to maintain the legal guidelines on maintain for two.5 years, topic to adjustments advised by an knowledgeable panel. The farmers had rejected the proposal, reiterating their demand for full repeal of the legal guidelines.
The protest got here below criticism after the farmers’ march on Republic Day turned violent. The Uttar Pradesh authorities had additionally issued an ultimatum to the farmers to vacate the Ghazipur website. However, an emotional attraction from Rakesh Tikait, convenor of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh revived the motion, triggering mass rallies and demonstrations in UP and the border states.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
