Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A farmers agitation seeking the removal of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price among other demands was called off on Saturday after top district officials met the protesters, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said. India News | Farmers Stir Ends in UP s Lakhimpur Kheri; Meeting in Delhi on Sep 6 for Next Strategy.
Farmers protest: At the dharna venue, women activists from the Kisan Sangarsh Samiti from neighboring Sitapur recited poems highlighting farmers struggles.
, Aug 18 (IANS) The Bhartiya Kisan Union-Tikait (BKU-Tikait) and several other constituents of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of farmers, will hold a 75-hour sit-in at Rajapur Krishi-Utpadan Mandi Samiti in Lakhimpur .