File photo of Samajwadi Party Chairman Akhilesh Yadav.
The police have barricaded the entire stretch of Vikramaditya Marg, while the roads have been sealed off for the general public.
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A heavy police force has been deployed from the Samajwadi Party office to Akhilesh Yadav’s residence in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, ahead of the party supreme’s visit to ‘Kisan Pad Yatra’ on Monday. Yadav had announced the yatra on Sunday in solidarity with the agitating farmers who were demanding the repeal of the new farm laws.
The police have barricaded the entire stretch of Vikramaditya Marg, while the roads have been sealed off for the general public. Pleading to support the agitated farmers, Yadav also called on people and party workers to secure food and medical supplies for protesters who threatened to intensify protests and block more roads.
Yadav will participate in the Samajwadi Party state ‘Kisan Padayatra’ on Monday. In announcing the solidarity march, Yadav said that SP supports the farmers’ demands and that the government should withdraw the three laws against farmers. This law is withdrawn, the party will organize a continuous march throughout the state.
Chief Yadav himself will participate in the yatra starting from Mandi in Kannauj to the Kisan Bazar.
Attacking the government, Yadav said: “Farmers’ rice and corn are not being bought at the minimum support price. Inflation is continuously increasing. The prices of pesticides have increased. The cost of farming is continually rising and the government makes false promises to farmers. The state Kisan Padayatra of the Samajwadi Party started from Sunday in support of farmers in the capital Lucknow.
“This law is a death sentence for farmers, the government should reform the mandis. The farmers did not know that this law would be implemented and the big ones would also become farmers. There will be a continuous Kisan Yatra in all districts of the state on Monday. Kisan Yatra will be taken from the largest mandi Thathiya in the state to Tirwa, ”he added.
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