Bharat Bandh: Delhi Police shuts traffic movement towards Ghazipur from Uttar Pradesh
Farmers' protest: Delhi Police on Monday closed the traffic movement towards Ghazipur from Uttar Pradesh keeping in view of the farmers' Bharat Bandh.
"Traffic movement has been closed from Uttar Pradesh towards Ghazipur due to protest," tweeted Delhi Traffic Police. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), has called a Bharat Bandh to mark the first anniversary of the enactment of the three farm laws.
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The Bharat Bandh garnered support from more than 500 farmer organizations, 15 trade unions, political parties, six state governments and varied sections of society.
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State governments of Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Punjab, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh have extended their support to the Bharat Bandh protest.
So far, left parties like the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, All India Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party and many other parties like Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Samajwadi Party, Telugu Desam Party, Janata Dal (Secular), Bahujan Samaj Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, Nationalist Congress Party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, SAD-Sanyukt, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Swaraj India and others have extended their support to the Bharat Bandh.
Farmers have been protesting at different sites since November 26 last year against the three enacted farm laws: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
Farmer leaders and the Centre have held several rounds of talks but the impasse remains.
-PTC News
