{"id":334211,"date":"2021-10-18T01:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T06:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=334211"},"modified":"2021-10-18T01:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T06:44:20","slug":"farmers-called-nationwide-rail-roko-agitation-over-lakhimpur-violence-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/farmers-called-nationwide-rail-roko-agitation-over-lakhimpur-violence-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers called nationwide \u2018Rail roko\u2019 agitation over Lakhimpur violence case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Demanding the removal of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, farmers on Monday blocked railway tracks in some parts of Punjab and Haryana as they staged a ‘Rail Roko’ protest.<\/p>\n

The farmers’ body has called for a six-hour long nationwide ”Rail roko” agitation. The SKM, which is spearheading the agitation since last year, has alleged that Ashish Mishra — son of Union minister Ajay Mishra — was sitting in the vehicle which mowed over the cultivators.<\/p>\n

In Punjab, protesting farmers started blocking four sections at the Ferozpur railway division from 5.15 am onwards, said an official spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Also, farmers squatted on the railway tracks at Bahadurgarh in Haryana to protest over the violence. To maintain security measures.The administration also deployed Rapid Action Force (RAF) at Sonipat Railway Station.<\/p>\n

The police in Uttar Pradesh have imposed 144 of the CrPC which prohibits a gathering of four people in an area. The police have also warned of strict action against those who participate in the agitation.<\/p>\n

Ajay Mishra\u2019s son Ashish Mishra is the chief accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.\u00a0On 8 October, at least eight people were killed after a vehicle ran over farmers who were coming back from a protest against the Centre’s three farm legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demanding the removal of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, farmers on Monday blocked railway tracks in some parts of Punjab and Haryana as they staged a ‘Rail Roko’ protest. The farmers’ body has called for a six-hour long nationwide ”Rail roko” agitation. The SKM, which is spearheading the agitation since last year, has alleged that Ashish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":334212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,1801,2014],"tags":[13926,14623],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334214,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334211\/revisions\/334214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/334212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}