Farmers hold biggest 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in nine months, kick-off 'Mission UP'

A total of 32 farmer unions from Punjab have given a deadline of September 8 to the state government to withdraw cases against protestors, it said, adding that if the cases are not withdrawn, the farmers will prepare a roadmap for a bigger protest on September 8.

Lucknow/Muzaffarnagar: Hundreds of farmers from different states on Sunday participated in a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat' held in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district in protest against the Centre's three controversial farm laws. The mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) was held at the Government Inter College ground in Muzaffarnagar, ahead of the crucial UP assembly polls next year. Bharatiya Kisan Union media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said farmers belonging to 300 organisations spread across different states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, among others, have gathered for the event.