Farmers' stir: Protestors do yoga on highway
Farmers demonstrating against the Centre's new agri laws performed yoga on the Delhi-Noida Link Road at the Chilla border.
Noida: Farmers demonstrating against the Centre's new agri laws performed yoga on the Delhi-Noida Link Road at the Chilla border.
The road remained closed for Noida to Delhi movement but was open for commuters travelling from Delhi to Noida, according to a police official.
Farmers belonging to BKU (Lok Shakti) and hailing from various districts of western Uttar Pradesh continued their agitation and submitted a memorandum of their demands addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration.
"The memorandum has been submitted to Additional District Magistrate Diwakar Singh and mentions the demands of our farmers' union including the withdrawal of the three new farm laws, legislation on minimum support price (MSP) of crops and formation of a 'kisaan aayog' among others, BKU (Lok Shakti) spokesperson Shailesh Kumar Giri said.
Thousands of farmers are currently staying put at Delhi's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in protest against the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.