Image Source : PTI Farmer from Baghpat dies at Ghazipur border protest web site
Amid freezing temperatures in Delhi and adjoining areas, a farmer from Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh died close to Ghazipur border on Friday whereas protesting in opposition to new agricultural legal guidelines enacted by the central authorities.
The farmer, Galtan Singh (57) was a resident of Bhagwanpur Nagal village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, stated Saurav, an affiliate of Bhartiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait, who’s main the farmers from Uttar Pradesh demonstrating on the Ghazipur Border.
Saurav advised IANS: “Galtan Singh was in good health and fit and but he suddenly felt uneasy with complaint of chest pains and was taken to the hospital but he died on the way. The body has been sent to his village.”
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief from Uttar Pradesh Sachin Chaudhary, who has been protesting in opposition to the three farm legal guidelines at Ghazipur border, stated, “Sacrifice of Galtan Singh will not go in vain.”
Several farmers have died through the protest to extreme chilly climate, he added.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) General Secretary Harinder Singh Lakhowal stated, “The farmers have been protesting at the bordering areas of the national Capital since November 26, 2020 and the death toll of farmers has reached to 43 since then.”
The authorities ought to take heed to those that are able to sacrifice their lives and repeal the agricultural legal guidelines that are anti-farmers, he added.
The farmers protesting beneath the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha have been demanding the withdrawal of the three legal guidelines and authorized assure for minimal assist worth (MSP) which is asserted yearly by the Centre for 23 crops whereas the federal government has assured them that it’ll settle for their two extra calls for associated to stubble burning and electrical energy subsidies.
Farmers’ protest is occurring at Singhu border, Tikri border and Ghazipur border amid extreme chilly situation in Delhi and NCR because the mercury plummeted to 1.1 diploma Celsius on the New Year’s day on Friday.
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