Kisan kranti yatra: Farmers call off protest after marching to Kisan ghat

Kisan kranti yatra: Farmers call off protest after marching to Kisan ghat The ‘Kisan Kranti Padyatra’ that started on September 23 had to end at Kisan Ghat

An elderly farmer clashes with police personnel during a protest at Delhi-UP border during ‘Kisan Kranti Padyatra’ Current affairs : The ‘Kisan Kranti Padyatra’, which was started on September 23 by the Bharatiya Kisan Union, ended at the Kisan Ghat in the national capital in the wee hours of Wednesday.

However, schools and colleges in Ghaziabad will remain closed today as a preventive measure in view of ongoing farmers’ agitation.

The protest march came to an end after the protesting farmers reached Kisan Ghat, the memorial of Chaudhary Charan Singh, a renowned farmer leader on late Tuesday night.

“The ‘Kisan Kranti Padyatra’ that started on September 23 had to end at Kisan Ghat. Since Delhi Police did not allow us to enter, we protested. Our aim was to finish the Yatra, which we have done now. Now we will go back to our villages,” Bharatiya Kisan Union president Naresh Tikait told ANI. As the nation celebrated Gandhi Jayanti, hundreds of farmers on Tuesday faced police baton in a clash at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border when they were prevented from entering the national capital even as the…Read more

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