Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
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Mohar Singh, a resident of Bhagwanpur Nangal village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead, an official said Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on January 2 termed the death of a 57-year-old farmer due to heart attack while protesting against the Centre’’s new farm laws at the Ghazipur border as “disturbing”, and accused the ruling BJP of being “heartless”.
In a Hindi tweet, he said, “On the first day of the new year itself, the news of the martyrdom of a farmer at the Ghazipur border is disturbing. The farmers are sacrificing their lives in the dense fog and cold, but the ruling party is sitting heartless. The ruthlessness seen in the BJP has never been seen so far.” Mohar Singh died of heart attack while protesting against the farm laws at the Ghazipur border in Ghaziabad on January 1.