Housands gather for isan mahapanchayat
usands of farmers from Pradesh and neighbouring s on Sunday gathered at affarnagar for a ‘Kisan apanchayat’ to “saving the try”, just months ahead of rucial UP assembly polls. e event was organised by Samyukt Kisan Morcha ) at the Government Inter ge ground in Muzaffarnan protest against the Cencontroversial farm laws. hese meetings will be held ss the country. We have to the country from getting Farmers should be saved, country should be saved; ness, employees and youth ld be saved--this is the aim e rally,” Bharatiya Kisan n (BKU) national spokeson Rakesh Tikait said. Sevother leaders who have been rheading the stir against the
laws including Medha Patand Yogendra Yadav were on the dais.
KU media in-charge Dhardra Malik said farmers nging to 300 organisations ad across different states Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, ab, Maharashtra, Karnaamong others, have gathfor the event. e said over 5,000 ‘langars’ d stalls), including some ile stalls, have been set up for the participants.
The farmers, including women carrying flags of different organisations and wearing different coloured caps, were seen arriving at the venue in buses, cars and tractors.
City magistrate Abhishek Singh rejected the request, saying it cannot be allowed due to security reasons.
The district authorities have posted police personnel at the residences of Union minister Sanjiv Balyan and BJP MLA Umesh Malik here, as a precautionary measure.
The SKM on Saturday claimed that thousands of farmers from 15 states had reached Muzaffarnagar to participate in the mahapanchayat.
The umbrella body of 40 farmer unions spearheading the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws said the event would prove that the agitation had the support of “all castes, religions, states, classes, small traders and other sections of society”.
“The mahapanchayat of September 5 will make the Yogimodi governments realise the power of farmers, farm labourers and supporters of the farm movement. The Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat will be the biggest ever in the last nine months,” the SKM had said in a statement.
It also said that 100 medical camps had been set up for the farmers attending the mahapanchayat.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi on Sunday called the protesting farmers “our own flesh and blood” and suggested that the government should re-engage with them in reaching common ground.
Several rounds of discussions between the protesting farmers and the government have failed to break the deadlock.
The Congress also voiced support for the farmer’s agitation, with party leader Rahul Gandhi saying the call of truth is echoing and an “unjust government” will have to listen.
“The call of truth is echoing. You have to listen, unjust government!” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.
Priyanka Gandhi also voiced support for the mahapanchayat, saying, “Farmers are the voice of this country. Farmers are the pride of the country. Arrogance of any power cannot withstand the roar of the farmers.” The whole country is with the farm