Farmers’ Vidhan Sabha march foiled by cops, detained at multiple places in Rajasthan | Hindustan Times
Thousands of farmers were detained across Rajasthan on Thursday when they tried to march to the assembly in Japiur demanding farm loan waiver and alleged failure of the BJP-led government in the state to honour an earlier agreement.
The farmers, agitating under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, were planning a demonstration outside the assembly.
NRK Reddy, additional director general of police (law and order), said that nearly 6,000 farmers were stopped at different places in Sikar alone.
“About 1000 were stopped at Tatiyawas in Jaipur’s Chomu and roughly as many in parts of Bikaner, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh and Churu,” said Reddy, adding that farmers were stopped in Nagaur, Bharatpur and Udaipur as well.
