Farmers in hundreds descend at Delhi-UP border on protest anniversary

Ghaziabad | Friday | 26th November, 2021

Summary:

Ghaziabad, Nov 26 (PTI) Hundreds of farmers in tractors started arriving at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as Friday marked one year of the ongoing farmers" protest against the central laws.

Many of them brought along vegetables, sacks of flour and lentils, spices and cooking oil on their tractor-trollies, saying they have come prepared for a long haul.

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), an influential farmers" union from western Uttar Pradesh, has been leading the charge at the Ghazipur border since November last year.

The BKU is part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a farmers" collective, which is spearheading the protest for withdrawal of three contentious farm laws and for legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) of crops.

“It has been a year of unmatched struggle mixed with happiness and sadness.

We are fighting and winning.