LUCK: The police took Head of SP Akhilesh Yadav in custody on Monday after party leaders he led broke the security cordon to sit in a dharna in the heart of the city to oppose the three agricultural bills against which farmers have called ‘Bharat bandh‘ on Tuesday.
With UP police placing a virtual siege on the area around the Samajwadi Party At the headquarters here, a defiant Yadav sat in dharna on the road for some time together with various party leaders, before the UP policemen stopped him and put him in a police van to remove him from the scene.
“If he new agricultural laws They are meant to help farmers, so why are they on the road to war? Why is the government so inflexible? If the farmers don’t want the new laws, the government should withdraw them, “he told reporters at the protest site. The SP chief was scheduled to go to Kannauj to lead the farmers’ protest there after the party called on the entire state for ‘kisan yatra’ against farm laws on Monday, but was not allowed to leave his residence and continue.
Yadav said the government should enact laws guaranteeing the doubling of farmers’ income, “but the government’s intention is unclear.
On video: Farmers protest: Akhilesh Yadav arrested in Lucknow after sitting in roadside dharna
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