Police have detained Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday after a group of leaders led by him broke through the security cordon to protest in the light of three farm bills. Yadav, who was to take part in Kisaan Yatra, organised a dharna after the UP police blocked the road near his party office.
Akhilesh With UP police attempting to stop the Kisaan Yatra, Yadav along with some of his [arty leaders broke through police barricades as he staged dharna.
“If the new farm laws are intended to help the farmers, then why are they on the war path? Why is the government so adamant? If farmers don’t want the new laws, the government should take these back,” he told reporters at the protest site.
The SP chief was headed to Kannauj to take part in a 13-kilometer long “Kisaan Yatra“.
Condemning sealing of the road leading to the party office, SP national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said it is “undemocratic.” “The government is feeling afraid that Akhilesh Yadav is going to participate in the ‘Kisan Yatra’. Peaceful demonstration is the democratic right of every individual, and the government is adamant on violating it,” he said.
On Sunday, a statement issued by SP had confirmed that the march will begin from Thathiya mandi and will end at Tirwa farmers market in the district.
“It is important to note that when Samajwadi Party was in power in UP, it had set up a potato mandi at Thathiya which was scrapped by the present BJP government… The SP supports the farmers in their struggle and it will amplify their demands with all its might,” a statement issued by the party said.