Farmers protest: Ghazipur border closed, site visitors diverted to different routes. Details inside

Image Source : PTI Heavy police deployment close to the positioning of farmers ongoing protest in opposition to the brand new farm legal guidelines, at Ghazipur border in New Delhi.
The Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday knowledgeable that the Ghazipur border has been closed and the site visitors is diverted from NH 24, NH 9, Road no 56, 57 A, Kondli, Paper market, Telco T level, EDM Mall, Akshardham and Nizammudin Khatta. It additionally knowledgeable that the site visitors may be very heavy within the space and Vikas marg advising individuals to take an alternate route.

The border has been closed after the UP administration requested protesting farmers on the Ghazipur border to vacate the positioning and imposed Section 144 and 133.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait Thursday broke down on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur farmers protest web site, alleging that the administration was attempting to crush their motion.

Tikait, who has been named within the Delhi Police FIR in reference to the violence at a number of components of the town in the course of the ‘Kisan Gantantra parade’ on Republic Day, made his look on the protest web site two days later, saying, “We were ready to surrender peacefully but the BJP’s local MLAs have been called to beat the protesting farmers.”

“There is a conspiracy against us. Now, I will not surrender even if the police fires bullets at us,” he introduced from the dais of the farmers’ protest web site.

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Tikait additionally stated that he’ll grasp himself however he is not going to give up now and urged the farmers to avoid wasting their tents which were in place since November 26 final yr.

Speaking to media, an emotional Tikait stated that the administration was attempting to conspire in opposition to the farmers to finish their peaceable motion.

“We had come here to protest against the three farm laws demanding their repealing,” he stated.

He alleged that the individuals of the BJP try to kill the farmers. “This is injustice to farmers of the country. The three laws must be repealed and our movement will keep on going till the time the three laws are not rerpealed,” he stated.

“I will keep on fighting for the farmers’ right,” he added.

The Ghaziabad administration has served discover to farmers to vacate the protest web site.

Earlier within the day, there was heavy deployment of police personnel and safety forces on the Ghazipur protest web site, the place the farmers have been tenting since November 26 final yr.

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