¡®We'll Fight Our Own Battle¡¯: Farmers Protesting at Ghazipur Border Ask Jamia Students to Leave
A small group of students from Delhis Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday reached the Ghazipur entry point on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border to extend support to farmers. The farmers lodged a protest over their presence as the situation slightly tensed up police intervened. After a brief conversation between the two sides the students left for Delhi.
A small group of students from Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday reached the Ghazipur entry point on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border to extend support to farmers who were asked to leave by the protesters.
As the group of students, including 4 to 5 young women, reached the rally spot, the farmers lodged a protest over their presence. As the situation slightly tensed up, police intervened.
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The students were asked to move out from the spot. After a brief conversation between the two sides, the students left for Delhi.
Arjun, one of the protesters present on the spot, told news agency IANS: "A few students from Jamia visited the border spot to support the farmers and brought along a 'daphli' (tambourine) and a couple of posters in hands. The farmers drove them away. We will fight our own battle. We don't need anybody who wants to break up India."
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The farmers' protest today entered its 19th day with thousands now camping at Delhi-Jaipur border and observing a day-long fast.
The protesters who are at the Ghazipur border in Delhi say they are prepared for the day-long fast. ¡°When we take our sugarcane trolleys to mills, it happens that we skip meals for 24 hours. We are prepared for fast,¡± news agency ANI quoted a farmer from Lakhimpur Kheri as saying.
