UP farmers headed to Delhi to protest against 3 recent farm ordinances stopped at border

A group of Uttar Presh farmers marching to national capital to protest against three recently cleared central farm ordinances were stopped at Delhi-UP border, police said.

A senior police officer said farmers, affiliated to Bharatiya Kisan Union, were going to Jantar Mantar, but were stopped at NH-24 near Ghazipur border, and asked to send ir representatives who would talk to authorities.

rest of group has been told to wait at border, he said.

y were raising slogans against ordinances -- Farmers Produce Tre and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance.

On Thursday also, Bharatiya Kisan Union and or farmer organisations in Haryana h blocked national highway at Pipli in Kurukshetra district in protest against ordinances, which y claimed were “anti-farmers”.

Pipli Chowk on National Highway 22 h remained tense as agitating farmers also blocked ro for over four hours, causing hardship to thousands of commuters who used vill link ros to bypass Pipli. 

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