Agitation against new farm laws draws mixed response in Bijnor district of UP
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Local BJP leaders have fanned out across villages in the state as part of the party’s efforts to explain the benefits of the laws.
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BIJNOR: The farmers’ agitation against the new central farm laws is drawing a mixed response in Uttar Pradesh s Bijnor district, depending on the caste mix of the area. While Jat-dominated villages are supporting the protest, not much action is visible on the ground in the rest of the villages.
Local BJP leaders have fanned out across villages in the state as part of the party’s efforts to explain the benefits of the laws. In Bijnor, small teams of party leaders have been trying hard to convince farmers of the government’s pro-farmer policies, including Pradhan Mantri