Restore internet at protest sites, else will hold demonstration: Farmers to Government as crowd swells at UP Gate
The Haryana government on Friday suspended all mobile internet, SMS, and dongle services in 17 districts including Sonipat, Palwal, and Jhajjar till 5 pm on January 30.
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Farmers gather at the site along a blocked highway during a demonstration against the central government s recent agricultural reforms. (Photo | Parveen Negi/EPS) By ANI
NEW DELHI: As the internet services were shut down in parts of Delhi-NCR close to farmers protest sites, Krantikari Kisan Union leader Darshal Pal has appealed to the government to restore the services, else the farmers will protest against it.
A confrontation was building up at the UP Gate in Ghazipur even as frequent power cuts were witnessed on Thursday evening at the protest site, where BKU members, led by Rakesh Tikait, are staying put since November 28 last year.
Ghazipur: Farmers Refuse to Blink as More Protesters Show Up, Police Leave Site
The Uttar Pradesh government had given a verbal ultimatum to the protesting farmers, asking them to vacate the site on Thursday.
Farmers at the Ghazipur border. Photo: Shekhar Tiwari/The Wire
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New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government’s attempts to force the farmers who were protesting at the Ghazipur border to vacate the site did not bear fruit, with the ultimatum and union leader Rakesh Tikait’s appeal acting as a catalyst for more protesters to show up at the spot.
While there was no formal order, Ghazipur district magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey issued a ‘verbal ultimatum’ asking the farmers to leave the site on Thursday. Section 144 (no assembly) was imposed and there was heavy police deployment at the protest site.
Farmers Protest: Crowd Swells At UP Gate, Heavy Police Force Removed
Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and the Rapid Action Force (RAF), left the protest site in the dead of the night after official instructions. Suresh K Pandey Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-29T10:18:00+05:30 Farmers Protest: Crowd Swells At UP Gate, Heavy Police Force Removed outlookindia.com 2021-01-29T10:36:17+05:30
Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members, led by leader Rakesh Tiktait on Friday stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway as the crowd swelled there overnight, despite the Ghaziabad administration s ultimatum to vacate the protest site at UP gate.
Farmers continued their stir through the sit-in protests against the new Agri laws even after deployment of the heavy police force
Read more about Farmers stir: Crowd swells at UP Gate on BKU call, excess force removed on Business Standard. On a call of the BKU, more farmers from western Uttar Pradesh districts such as Meerut, Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad and Bulandshahr reached the UP Gate