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Highlights
- Police removed a part of barricade and barbed wire in Ghazipur
- Despite this, a large number of farmers remained there even on Friday.
- Barricades and wires were put up after the violence in Delhi on 26 January
Ghaziabad
Delhi Police on Friday removed blockers and a large section of barbed wire from the site of farmers’ agitation in Ghazipur near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Hundreds of protesting farmers stood there on Friday as well. After violence broke out during a ‘tractor parade’ in Delhi on January 26 by farmers protesting the Centre’s three new agricultural laws, police had put up iron, cement barricades and barbed wire.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Priyanka Kashyap said, “The work of removing the blockade from National Highway-9 has started. Temporary barriers are being removed to facilitate vehicular movement. At the same time, National Highway-24 is open for traffic. The opening of the road will help thousands of people from Ghaziabad, Delhi, Noida as well as commuters from the national capital and interior areas of Uttar Pradesh to Meerut and beyond.
‘Strategy will be made by SKM’
Police officers and laborers were also seen removing iron nails installed on National Highway-9 in Ghazipur, where hundreds of farmers have been on the roads since November 2020. Most of the farmers are affiliated to the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU). The United Kisan Morcha (SKM) is leading the demonstration of various farmer organizations against the agricultural laws. BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said the strategy for future performance will be chalked out by SKM.
There is no confusion about the status quo on the Ghazipur border. After the removal of the barricading from the Ghazipur border by the police, all the rumors are going on. In this regard, the Bharatiya Kisan Union wants to make it clear that the front will continue as it is. There is no change on the front. The police had blocked the way after January 26. Delhi Police is correcting its mistake after the front’s affidavit in the Supreme Court. The front will continue the way it was. A large number of farmers are present on the Ghazipur border. BKYU appeals to the farmers to reach the Ghazipur border and strengthen the movement. Every day there is a conspiracy against the movement. We have to be ready against every conspiracy.
Dharmendra Malik, Media Incharge, BKU
‘Committed to continue our movement’
BKU officials said the farmers want to go to Delhi after the blockades are completely removed and have kept the option of holding talks with the Center open to end the impasse. BKU spokesperson Saurabh Upadhyay said, “If the government wants the deadlock to end, it should now talk to the farmers and we are ready for it.” But if she wants the farmers’ movement to continue, we are determined to continue with Apna Apna Andolan as it has been 11 months since the protest started.
‘Other temporary structures still exist’
Police removed wire and iron nails on National Highway No.-9 (Delhi-Meerut Expressway flyover) by evening. However, the tents and other temporary structures of the protesters still exist there. BKU’s Uttar Pradesh unit general secretary Pawan Khatana said, ‘The government had said that it has not put up barricades and we had said that the government and police have put up barricades. We are sitting on the borders of Delhi and once the barriers are removed, we will march towards Delhi. We will go to Parliament, where laws were made.
Farmers said – this law is not in the interest
The removal of the blockade is being done after the Supreme Court’s October 21 direction, in which the apex court had asked to open the roads blocked due to protests in Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur bordering Delhi. Farmers protesting against agricultural laws say that these laws are not in the interest of farmers, while the central government is calling them pro-farmer. Thousands of farmers, since 26 November 2020, are standing against these laws at Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur border along the Delhi border.
‘Some blockers have been removed’
A senior police officer said on Thursday night after the blockade was removed from the Tikri border that some of the blockades put up by the police have been removed. On October 21, the Supreme Court had said that farmers have the right to protest against agricultural laws, but they cannot block roads indefinitely.
Protesters still in tents
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