Kisan Kranti Yatra: Thousands of farmers protest at Delhi border

SUMMARY

Thousands of farmers allied to the Bharatiya Kisan Union, who began marching from Haridwar on September 23, reached the Delhi border and were not allowed to enter the capital, triggering violence.

By CNBC-TV18Oct 2, 2018 3:07:58 PM IST (Updated)

Farmers marching towards Delhi as part of the Bharatiya Kisan Union's (BKU) protest call over demands ranging from farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices.

The protest march is being organised from Patanjali (Uttarakhand) to Kisan Ghat (Delhi) via Muzaffarnagar, Daurala, Partapur, Modi Nagar/Muradnagar, Hindon Ghat between September 23 to October 2. It will pass through Ghaziabad (in Uttar Pradesh) and will proceed via Preet Vihar and Geeta Colony flyover in east Delhi.

The Kisan Kranti Yatra, which began from Tikait Ghat in Haridwar on September 23, was joined by farmers from various parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Prohibitory orders banning the assembly of five or more persons have been clamped in several areas near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and will continue till October 8.

Thousands of farmers reached the Delhi border and were not allowed to enter the capital, triggering violence.

Delhi Police said permission to hold the march had been denied and the farmers' entry to Delhi was illegal.