Sowing season over, farmers from UP and Uttarakhand make their way to Ghazipur
With around 1,000 tractor-trolleys arriving over the last five days and tents being set up till the end of the border, the protest is now 10 times bigger, said farmers. Updated: December 28, 2020 2:25:28 pm
The protest site at Ghazipur border on Sunday. (Photo: Prem Nath Pandey)
Having sowed wheat and peas for the season, thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand left their hometowns to join the protest at the Ghazipur border. With around 1,000 tractor-trolleys arriving over the last five days and tents being set up till the end of the border, the protest is now 10 times bigger, said farmers. A UP police constable said the number of protesters has gone up from around 5,000 to 20,000 in the last 10 days.