Kisan rally: Farmers call off protest, say govt has met most demands
Kisan rally: Farmers call off protest, say govt has met most demands Thousands of farmers on Wednesday morning ended their 10-day Kisan Kranti Yatra at Kisan Ghat in Delhi, a day after clashing with police at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. The farmers were allowed to enter the city post midnight after several rounds of negotiations with the authorities concerned. Clashes had erupted on Tuesday at the Delhi-UP border in Ghaziabad when the farmers attempted to force their way through police barricades to reach Kisan Ghat in central Delhi. The central government allowed them to enter Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday on the condition that the farmers would not stay at Kisan Ghat and would leave immediately after reaching there. Deputy commissioner of police (east) Pankaj Singh confirmed that the farmers entered Delhi around 1 am, reached their destination and then left the city. “While a majority of the protesting crowd had already returned from the border, around 5,000 farmers who were left were given entry into the national capital. By 6 am today, everyone left the city,” Singh on Wednesday. “The farmers remained unfazed despite all hardships. We have been marching for 12 days now, farmers are tired as well. We will continue to demand our rights but for now we are ending the march,” Tikait told IANS at Kisan Ghat. The farmers said they have reached an agreement with the central government, which, according to them, has accepted “most of the demands”. Also Read: All You Need To Know About Kisan Rally -PTC News
