Uttarakhand / Haridwar : Harassment of farmers will not be tolerated: Devpal Singh Rathi

Jat Mahasabha Panchpuri and Rashtriya Lok Dal officials and workers demonstrated at Bhagat Singh Chowk in protest against the death of farmers during a protest against agricultural laws in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP. During the demonstration, President of Jat Mahasabha Panchpuri, State Vice President of Rashtriya Lok Dal Chaudhary Devpal Singh Rathi said that the Uttar Pradesh government has become autocratic. The work is being done to crush the farmers, labourers, poor, minorities. Four farmers who were opposing the agricultural laws were crushed to death by a vehicle. Harassment of farmers will not be tolerated. General Secretary of Jat Mahasabha Dharmendra Chaudhary said that farmers have been agitating for the last 10 months demanding the withdrawal of agricultural laws. But the government is not ready to listen anything. Instead of accepting the demands of the farmers, they are being harassed. He said that the farmers families of Lakhimpur Kheri should be given adequate compensation and strict action should be taken against the culprits. Lok Dal Students Union District President Dipanshu said that the atrocities on farmers will not be tolerated in any form. Farmers will answer this in the 2022 assembly elections. Nareshpal Baliyan Rajveer Singh Malik, Krishnakumar Punia, Rashmi Singh, Rishipal Singh, Sugreev Singh, Suresh Chaudhary, Omprakash Malik, Sanjay Kumar Punia, Badan Singh Choudhary, Devendra Kundu, Sikandar Singh, Rajiv Kumar, Nareshpal Baliyan, Rammehar Singh , Sukhbir Singh, Mahipal Singh, Nirankar Singh, Vedprakash Pal, Harpal Singh Baliyan, Narendra Singh, Sonu Rathi, Shubham, AK Rathi, Akash Tomar, Sudhir, Shivam, Subhash Malik, MR Panwar, Sudesh Rana, Satendra Punia, Raj Kumar, Prabhuram Kharwa, Rahul Chaudhary, Ravinder Chaudhary, Jitu Rathi, Aman Sansari, Sudesh Chaudhary and Navbahar Singh etc. were involved.