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Photos: Police action on farmers at UP-Delhi border on Gandhi Jayanti

In pictures: Police used force against farmers who were en route to Rajghat in Delhi to stage a peaceful demonstration on the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri

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Clouds of tear gas at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border off National Highway 24, as police tried to disperse farmers protesting for their long-standing demands including unconditional loan waiver, clearing of dues by sugar mills, higher prices for crops, free electricity for farms and a cut in diesel prices
NH Photo by Vipin
NH Photo by Vipin
“Why have we been stopped here (at UP-Delhi border)? The rally was proceeding in a disciplined manner. If we don’t tell our government about our problems, then whom do we tell? Do we go to Pakistan or Bangladesh?” said Naresh Tikait, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union

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NH Photo by Vipin
Police use water cannons to spray the protesting farmers on the other side of the barricades at UP-Delhi border on Gandhi Jayanti
NH Photo by Vipin
NH Photo by Vipin
Slamming the Modi Govt, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said: “On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Modi govt has shown that it is no different from the pre-independence British govt in India. British govt then used to exploit the farmers and today the Modi govt is firing tear gas shells at farmers.”

NH Photo by Vipin
NH Photo by Vipin
Farmers, who marched to Delhi through Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh to protest against the Modi Government’s policies on Gandhi Jayanti, gathered at the UP-Delhi border on October 2, after police prevented their entry into the capital city
NH Photo by Vipin
NH Photo by Vipin
Farmers, who marched to Delhi through Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh to protest against the Modi Government’s policies on Gandhi Jayanti, gathered at the UP-Delhi border on October 2, after police prevented their entry into the capital city

NH Photo by Vipin
NH Photo by Vipin
Earlier on October 2, the farmers had camped in Ghaziabad, before leaving to march for Rajghat on Gandhi Jayanti

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