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- Published: February 18, 2021 12:27
New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said that ‘rail roko’, the blockade of trains as part of protests against farm laws, will be done in a peaceful manner and food and refreshments provided to people stranded due to the protest. He also stated that he will not join politics as he considers it “a big disease”.
“Rail roko protest will begin at 12 pm and go on till 3-4 pm. Trains are not plying anyway. It’ll be done peacefully. We’ll provide water, milk, lassi and fruits to people who are stranded. We will inform them about our issues,” he said. “Today we have two rallies in Hisar and I am going there. I am going to a rally in Mumbai tomorrow. We will hold rallies all over the country. Farmers are suffering everywhere. The only way to get rid of the problems is to give legal backing to MSP,” he said.
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Haryana: Farmers block railway tracks in Palwal as a part of their nationwide ‘rail roko’ agitation against Farm Laws. Security personnel also present. pic.twitter.com/npImeT7O6S
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2021
औरंगाबाद : प्रदर्शनकारियों का रेल रोको हुआ ‘फेल’, पटरी पर तेज रफ्तार में निकली रेल#RailRoko #FarmersProtests pic.twitter.com/8TqdxdgH1k
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Bihar: Workers of Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) stage a ‘rail roko’ agitation at Patna Junction railway station, against Farm Laws. pic.twitter.com/IStn1BSFnC
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2021
Meanwhile, Delhi Metro rail corporation (DMRC) has given an update that entry and exit gates for Tikri border, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Bahadurgarh City and Brig. Hoshiar Singh have been closed. Police personnel have been deployed at Delhi’s Nangloi railway station.
Entry/exit for Tikri Border, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Bahadurgarh City, and Brig. Hoshiar Singh metro stations have been closed: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Farmers have called a 4-hour long nationwide ‘rail roko’ agitation today.#FarmLaws
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2021
Delhi: Police personnel deployed at Nangloi railway station as farmers have called a 4-hour long nationwide ‘rail roko’ agitation today. #FarmLaws pic.twitter.com/3dibSe5He5
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2021
Security deployed at Ghaziabad Junction in the wake of the 4-hour long nationwide ‘rail roko’ call by farmers’ today. #FarmLaws pic.twitter.com/2W0yuBxTxp
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 18, 2021
Mathura-Agra Highway also saw a heavy deployment of the Police force.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has said that ‘rail roko’, will be peaceful and food and refreshments provided to people stranded due to the protest.
After the tractor rally and ‘chakka jaam’, ‘rail roko’ is the next major protest by the farmers against the three farm laws.
Farmers have been protesting at the different borders of the national capital since November last year, against the three newly 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.