Posted on June 25, 2021

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#FarmersProtest

Ghazipur Festival of Democracy

Last night was a festival of democracy at Ghazipur border. Thousands of farmers, including women from Haryana, have arrived from Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Saharanpur and other places. Enroute, the advancing farmers made the Uttar Pradesh toll plazas free.

‘We had asked you to turn the tractors towards Delhi. But look at you, you have reached Delhi!’

On the 46th anniversary of imposition of Emergency, the farmers are marking the day as the ‘Save Agriculture, Save Democracy’. The gatherings to gherao the Governors are taking place at every state capital today at 11.30 am. Chandigarh has sealed 13 entries into the city. Oh my! How silly can the government act!

Also see Tikait interview in first comment where he says, ‘But where is the government? The government has disappeared since January 22nd.’

I agree, as we saw even during the pandemic second wave and now when government says Delhi exaggerated the demand for Oxygen by 4 times. Not even an acknowledgement of the tragedy, the deaths.