Kisan rally live updates: Farmers to continue protest, say won't accept govt assurance
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 03, 2018, 02:35:54 IST
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Kisan rally live updates: Farmers to continue protest, say won't accept govt assurance

Bharatiya Kisan Union president Naresh Tikait said farmers will not accept govt assurance and will go ahead with the protest. The farmers were stopped along the Delhi-UP border earlier in the day as police used teargas and water cannons to disperse them. Stay with us for live updates
09:38 (IST) Oct 02
Traffic alert: Traffic is affected on NH-9,Gazipur Border & UP Gate due to demonstration by farmers. Motorists coming from Ghaziabad side & vice-versa are advised to use Kondli Village or Anand Vihar route.
09:35 (IST) Oct 02
The BKU-led 'Kranti Yatra', which started from Haridwar in Uttarakhand, has reached Ghaziabad and farmer leader Naresh Tikait said the farmers were determined to enter Delhi. Earlier, the farmers were to spend Monday night in Ghaziabad for which the
09:34 (IST) Oct 02
Farmers participating in the movement are demanding for complete loan waiver and reduction in electricity tariff, among other requirements. They are also seeking a provision of a pension to every farmer aged above 60
09:34 (IST) Oct 02
Earlier on September 30, the Union had announced that their ‘Padyatra’ that has begun from Haridwar will reach the national capital on the occasion of the 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2.
09:34 (IST) Oct 02
Heavy security has been deployed at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border ahead of the arrival of 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra', which is being staged by farmers under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Union.