Lup condemns arrest of farmer leaders
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 23 2022:
Manipur Loumee Lup has strongly condemned the arrest of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait and others by Delhi police on their way to hold Kishan Maha Panchayat at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on Monday.
In a statement, the farmers' body informed that a large number of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana came to attend the Kishan Maha Panchayat on Monday to register their protest against the failure to take action against union minister of state for Home Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish Mishra rammed his vehicle on protesting farmers that left four dead in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP on October 23 last year.
They are also demanding the government to withdraw the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022.However, Delhi police stopped the farmers in Ghaziabad area and arrested several farmer leaders including Rakesh Tikait.
The statement also informed that large number of farmers have been organising protest in Lakhimpur Kheri since August 20 demanding the government to sack Union MoS Ajay Mishra.