The farmer-movement has intensified after the empathic emotional statement of Rakesh Tikait, a prominent leader of Farmers’ Union at Ghazipur border in Delhi. In this episode, farmers’ mahapanchayat was held on Saturday in Naujheel area of Mathura district. Thousands of farmers participated in it. Major leaders of RLD and SP also reached the Mahapanchayat.

Such Mahapanchayats are generally being organized at various places with regards to the peasant movement.

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After the video of farmer-leader Rakesh Tikait getting emotional went viral, Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh and his son RLD vice-president Jayant Chaudhary announced their open support to the peasant movement. SP leaders, including Jayant Chaudhary, also attended the Kisan Mahapanchayat organized in Mathura’s Naujheel.

On the call of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait), the Kisan Mahapanchayat took place in the grounds of Morki Inter College, located in Naujheel region. Thousands of farmers gathered from all over the district. According to the information, a strategy has been made for the ongoing peasant movementunder the leadership of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur border in Kisan Mahapanchayat held in the grounds of Morki Inter College.

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Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and MLC Dr. Sanjay Lather, former District Panchayat President Chetan Malik, Bhakiyu District President Rajkumar Tomar, RLD leader Yogesh Nauwar, Bhakiyu’s state, along with RLD’s national vice-president Jayant Chaudhary as the keynote speaker at the Kisan Mahapanchayat, Vice President Budha Singh Pradhan, former MLA Thakur Tejpal Singh and others joined in the Mahapanchayat.During the farmers’ protests, especially after Republic day, the security has been beefed up on the Yamuna Expressway since Friday. Police and PAC jawans have been deployed on four cuts, including the Mont toll on the expressway, so that traffic on the expressway is not blocked. The DM and SSP have also appealed to the farmers to cooperate.