UPDATED: January 28, 2021 18:52 IST
The Kisan Mahapanchayat has decided to vacate the protest site at Shahjahanpur near Rajasthan-Haryana border (Source: PTI)
After the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) and
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) withdrew their agitation against the farm laws, the Kisan Mahapanchayat on Thursday said it would vacate the Shahjahanpur protest site in the wake of the violence in Delhi on Republic Day. We had disassociated ourselves from Samyukt Kisan Morcha on January 21 but were supporting the protest. Now, we ll support the movement after analysing every step. We have decided to vacate the protest site at Shahjahanpur (Rajasthan-Haryana border), ANI quoted Kisan Mahapanchayat leader Rampal Jat as saying.
Bharatiya Kisan Union calls off protest in Noida ROZANA SPOKESMAN
Updated Jan 28, 2021, 2:05 pm IST
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) here on Thursday announced it was ending its protest against the new central farm laws.
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Noida (UP): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) here on Thursday announced it was ending its protest against the new central farm laws.
BKU (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj Singh made the announcement during a press conference here, a day after two other farmers union ended their stir.
Farmers protest The protest has been called off, BKU (Lok Shakti) spokesperson Shailesh Kumar Giri said.
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Rakesh Tikait broke down talking to reporters at Ghazipur border but insisted that the protest won t end.
Tension prevails at Delhi-Ghaziabad border near Ghazipur as the district administration is reportedly preparing to evict hundreds of farmers camping at the site for over two months. Ghaziabad administration has asked protestors to vacate the UP Gate by Thursday night or else force will be used to remove them, news agency PTI reported quoting official sources. Section 144 and 133 have also been imposed in Ghaziabad.
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Meanwhile, sit-in protest at Ghazipur border continues.
We will not vacate the site, says Rakesh Tikait even as Sections 144, 133 are imposed in and around Ghazipur border area.
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Ghaziabad DM Ajay Shankar Pandey accompanied by police visits the site of farmers protest at Delhi-Ghazipur border on Thursday. (PTI)
As numbers have dwindled at protest sites across borders adjoining Delhi, the Ghaziabad and Uttar Pradesh government have asked farmers to vacate the areas.
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Two days after the events of Republic Day that saw the farmers tractor rally against Centre s farm laws turn violent, tensions are still brewing high in Delhi. As numbers have dwindled at protest sites across borders adjoining Delhi, the Ghaziabad and Uttar Pradesh government have asked farmers to vacate the areas.
Four kisan unions withdraw, crowds thin but leaders say farmer agitation still strong
Four kisan unions withdraw, crowds thin but leaders say farmer agitation still strong
Atleast four farmers unions have till now withdrawn their support to the protest against the Centre s three farm bills after the violence in Delhi on January 26.
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UPDATED: January 29, 2021 01:02 IST
The crowd at the protest sites in Delhi s Singhu and Tikri borders has visibly thinned out. (Photo: PTI)
Even as the farmers agitation continues at the borders of Delhi-NCR, several smaller farmers unions have pulled out of the protest after the January 26 violence in the national capital.