Uttar Pradesh police detain protesting farmers in Noida

Uttar Pradesh: Protesting farmers who are calling for benefits and compensation, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), were taken into custody by Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday. Today, the farmers were arrested at Noida’s Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal.

The Bhartiya Kisan Parishad (BKP) and other farmer organizations are organizing the demonstration, which aims to seek benefits and compensation associated with agricultural reforms, including a legislative guarantee for MSP.

Rakesh Tikait, a farmer leader and national spokesperson for the Bharatiiya Kisan Union (BKU), said on Monday that police barricades prevented farmers who were taking part in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest from marching towards Delhi. The farmers were calling for a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and solutions to agricultural problems.

The Bhartiya Kisan Parishad (BKP) and other farmer organizations organized the demonstration, which coincides with increased security and traffic warnings in the Noida-Delhi area.

Tikait had informed ANI that the farmers had been halted at the Mahamaya Flyover during their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. Since Delhi alone will have the answer, the farmers want to go there. Despite being stopped by the authorities, the farmers remain adamant about going to Delhi.

In reference to Punjabi farmers participating in the December 6 ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, he stated: “Punjab has a distinct system. They are not the same person.

Awadhesh Prasad, an MP for the Samajwadi Party, attacked the BJP administration earlier today for the “miserable” circumstances that farmers were facing.

He said that in spite of the UP assembly’s repeated inquiries about farmers’ concerns, the UP government had yet to develop a policy on the subject.

“Under the double-engine administration of the BJP, farmers in India are living in misery. Farmers must spend the night outdoors to safeguard their crops from wandering animals and microorganisms, even if winter has already arrived. In the UP legislature, Akhilesh Yadav has brought up this matter on several occasions. In spite of this, he said, the UP government has no policy in this area.