Politics · India · 1 day ago
Farmers stopped by police while heading to Delhi protest
Hundreds of farmers affiliated with the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) set out in tractors and trolleys for a protest in Delhi on Saturday, October 10.
The protest was called by the Cockroach Janta Party, and the farmers travelled after a call from BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait.
Police stopped them at Chapargarh village and the Yamuna Expressway toll plaza in Uttar Pradesh.
Farmers and police had heated exchanges and pushed one another.
The farmers then held a sit-in at the toll plaza and raised slogans against the police action.
The BKU said the sit-in would continue, and that it would decide what to do next based on Tikait’s directions.
Hundreds of farmers and workers heading to Delhi for a Cockroach Janta Party protest were stopped by police at two locations.
The farmers were stopped at Chapargarh village and the Yamuna Expressway toll plaza.
The confrontation involved heated exchanges and pushing and shoving.
The farmers later staged a sit-in at the toll plaza and raised slogans.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union said its protest at the toll plaza would continue against the police action.
- Who
- Hundreds of farmers and workers, including farmers affiliated with the Bharatiya Kisan Union.
- What
- Police stopped them while they were travelling to join a Cockroach Janta Party protest in Delhi. The farmers later staged a sit-in.
- When
- Saturday, October 10.
- Where
- Chapargarh village and the Yamuna Expressway toll plaza.
- Why
- They were heading to Delhi to join a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party.
Bharatiya Kisan Union-affiliated farmers
Police
Reason for action
Bharatiya Kisan Union-affiliated farmers
The farmers said they were travelling to Delhi for a protest and objected to being stopped.
Police
Police stopped them at Chapargarh village and the Yamuna Expressway toll plaza.
Assessment
Bharatiya Kisan Union-affiliated farmers
BKU national general secretary Pawan Khatana called stopping farmers from going to Delhi “the murder of democracy.
Police
The articles do not state the police’s view or reason for stopping the farmers.
Hundreds of BKU-affiliated farmers set out in tractors and trolleys following a protest call by Rakesh Tikait.
Police stopped farmers at Chapargarh village and the Yamuna Expressway toll plaza, where exchanges and shoving reportedly took place.
The farmers staged a sit-in at the toll plaza and raised slogans.
- Protest party
- Cockroach Janta Party
- Farmers’ union
- Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)
- BKU protest caller
- Rakesh Tikait
- Locations where farmers were stopped
- Chapargarh village and Yamuna Expressway toll plaza
- Date
- October 10
What people are saying
Stopping farmers from going to Delhi is the murder of democracy. The government should have listened to them instead of stopping them.
Sources
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