Sea of farmers gather for 'Kisan mahapanchayat' in Muzaffarnagar- Check pics

Thousands of farmers, protesting against Centre's three farm laws, on Sunday (September 5) gathered at Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar for a 'Kisan mahapanchayat' aimed at "saving the country". 

 

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The 'Kisan mahapanchayat' was organized on Sunday by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) at the Government Inter College ground in Muzaffarnagar in protest against the Centre's farm laws. This event holds importance in the backdrop of crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly polls which are set to take place next year.

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BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik earlier said that farmers belonging to 300 organisations from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, among others, have gathered for the event. 

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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Sunday (September 5) at the ‘Kisan mahapanchayat' in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar pledged that the farmers protesting against the Centre’s three controversial farm laws will not leave the protest site until they emerge successfully. “We take a pledge that we'll not leave the protest site there (at Delhi borders) even if our graveyard is made there. We will lay down our lives if needed, but will not leave the protest site until we emerge victorious," he said. 

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Since November last year, the farmers have been demanding the repeal of the three farm laws which they say will remove the MSP system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.

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The protesting farmers gave a call for complete Bharat Bandh on September 27 in protest against the three contentious farm laws, IANS reported. The farmer leaders further said that the Mahapanchayat will prove that the agitation has the support of "all castes, religions, states, classes, small traders and all sections of the society". 

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