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Sisauli in Muzaffarnagar.|Ayush Tiwari
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Amid fault lines, a revival of the farmers’ identity
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Signs of a polarised western U.P. and its agrarian communities unifying are visible in the ongoing farmers’ movement
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Signs of a polarised western U.P. and its agrarian communities unifying are visible in the ongoing farmers’ movement
This year in Uttar Pradesh, thousands of farmers gathered on January 29, at the government inter-college ground, Muzaffarnagar, following a call by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president, Naresh Tikait, for a ‘mahapanchayat’ to express solidarity with the protest at the Ghazipur border led by his brother, Rakesh Tikait. Among the key speakers was Ghulam Mohammad Jaula, the most influential Muslim leader of the BKU, and considered to be a close friend of the late Mahendra Singh Tikait.
Farmers’ agitation helping Jats and Muslims mend fences
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The relationship between the two traditional allies had soured after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, helping the BJP gain ground in the region. The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) is helping bridge the gap between the two communities as its functionaries come from both Jat and Muslim communities.
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SHAMLI: Jats and Muslims seem to be mending fences in western UP amid the farmers’ agitation against the three central farm laws aimed at deregulating the sale and distribution of crops.
The relationship between the two traditional allies had soured after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, helping the BJP gain ground in the region.