The day passed off peacefully in Greater Noida and other areas of farmers' unrest today but hectic political activities are on.A section of farmers also held demonstration in Karchana area near Allahabad. The famers have been protesting their land acquisition in lower rates for last several months. After assurance from the State government an agreement was signed for higher compensation. But the farmers alleged that the promise has not been fulfilled .The Karchana site chosen for a power plant will be developed by a private group. The BJP leader and former Chief Minister Rajnath Singh who arrested briefly said the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government is anti-farmer. He told reporters in Greater Noida that the state government should not forcefully acquire farmers' land. Leader of opposition in state assembly and Samajwadi part leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said that Mayawati is behaving undemocratically. Criticising the land acquisitions policy he said both centre and state are working against the interest of farmers.In Agra, the Rashtriya Lok Dal MLA Anil Chaudhry and his supporters were detained by administration when they were trying to go Chaugan village to meet the affected farmers of ongoing Yamuna express way project. Yesterday the villagers from this area burnt some vechiles and camp office of a construction company developing expressway project .
Courtesy : AIR
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