BKU protest: Rajnath Singh holds meeting to resolve issues of farmers

Steps in after violence, police action at Delhi border and assures action; protestors want more

Thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi as part of the Bhartiya Kisan Union’s “Kisan Kranti Padyatra” were stopped at the Delhi-UP border. This led to violence, with police using water cannons and tear gas shells, injuring several of them.

This, and opposition parties’ criticism, prompted the central government to send Union home minister Rajnath Singh to directly talk to the stir leaders. Three hours of talks resulted in an official statement of intent on action but it did not seem enough to end the protest.

The farmers’ padyatra began on September 23, from Haridwar’s Baba Tikait Ghat, named after the once-famous farmer