Protesting farmers, BJP workers engage in scuffle at Delhi's Ghazipur border
India | June 30, 2021 13:33 ISTFarmers protesting at the Ghazipur border in Delhi and BJP workers engaged in scuffle.
Farmers protesting at the Ghazipur border in Delhi and BJP workers engaged in scuffle.
People living near the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur once again witnessed the ghastly sight of dead bodies washing up on the ghats of the river on Saturday. Similar scenes were witnessed on Tuesday in the same area, a day after bodies of suspected Covid patients washed up on banks of Ganga in Bihar's Buxar district.
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The Delhi government has sanctioned a sum of Rs 236 crore for the development of the Ghazipur wholesale market, Development Minister Gopal Rai said on Friday.
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait's convoy was allegedly attacked in Alwar on Friday. He alleged that the BJP men were behind the attack.
The Ghazipur border (Delhi-UP border), which was closed due to farmers' protest, reopened for traffic movement on Monday.
Delhi-Ghaziabad road via Ghazipur was closed for vehicular movement since January 26 when violence unleashed on Delhi roads during the tractor parade by farmers.
Responding to UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet statements on ongoing farmers' protest in India, Permanent Representative of India, Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey on Friday said that the Government of India has set a goal of doubling the income of farmers by 2024.
Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee on Saturday visited Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border to extend support to the farmers' movement against the Centre’s contentious farm laws, according to a BKU statement.
In the name of farmers' protest, Delhi's Ghazipur border has been held by protesters since November 28. If you compare the crowd on the Ghazipur border after Rakesh Tikait break-down on 28 January, the number of protesters has reduced significantly.
The 340-kilometre-long six-lane Purvanchal Expressway will connect Lucknow with Azamgarh, Mau, Ghazipur, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Amethi.
The Delhi Police has fixed nails on the ground near barricades at Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border, one of the centre point of farmers protest which has been continuing for over 2 months now.
Farmers Protest: People arriving at Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri border points even as security has been beefed in these areas.
Gangster-turned-social activist Lakhbir Singh alias Lakha Sidhana, named as one of the main accused in the violence in Delhi during the farmers' rally on Republic Day, belongs to a village in Punjab's Bathinda district and dreamed of making big in politics through the farmers' agitation.
Raising concerns over the three new farm laws, NCP President Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the legislation will adversely affect the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and weaken the mandi system.
BKU (Lok Shakti) chief Thakur Sheoraj Singh Bhati called on the union's supporters, who were camping at the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida, to now reach Ghazipur border, where BKU members are staying put.
Who allowed 50 farmers to enter the Red Fort. Why weren't they stopped? Ask the Home Minister what the objective was? Rahul Gandhi said
The farmers protesting under the Bharatiya Kisan Union's (BKU) banner claimed on Thursday that the local administration withdrew water tankers and snapped the power supply to the UP Gate protest site.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at Delhi's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of three farm laws.
In a post-midnight review of situation, Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani visited the protest site even as hundreds of security personnel in anti-riot gears were deployed since Thursday.
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