Farmers from 15 states head to Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar for Kisan mahapanchayat today

“The mahapanchayat of September 5 will make the Yogi-Modi governments realize the power of farmers, farm labourers, and supporters of the farm movement. The Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat will be the biggest ever in the last nine months,” the SKM said in a statement. 

New Delhi: Security has been beefed up in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar as thousands of farmers from 15 states have started reaching the state ahead of today’s (September 5, 2021) ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in the district. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions, said the this gathering will prove that the agitation, against the Centre’s three farm laws, has the support of “all castes, religions, states, classes, small traders and other sections of the society.” “The mahapanchayat of September 5 will make the Yogi-Modi governments realize the power of farmers, farm labourers, and supporters of the farm movement. The Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat will be the biggest ever in the last nine months,” the SKM said in a statement.  It also added that five hundred ‘langar’ services have been started to arrange meals for farmers, including mobile ‘langar’ system run on hundreds of tractor-trolleys. Additionally, as many as 100 medical camps have been set up for the farmers attending the ‘mahapanchayat’, the statement said.