TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Farmers squatted on rail tracks on Monday morning as part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s six-hour ‘rail roko’ protest demanding the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. Northern Railway on Monday morning informed that 30 locations have been affected and eight trains have been regulated following the rail roko protests.
The SKM, an umbrella body of farmers’ unions, said it will hold a peaceful nationwide rail roko protest from 10 am to 4 pm demanding justice for Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh. Chief Public Relation Officer of the Northern Railways in an official communique, said, ‘As of now, 30 locations are affected and 8 trains regulated in Northern Railway Zone.’
A statement issued by the umbrella body of farmers’ unions on Sunday read, ‘To press for its demand for Ajay Mishra’s dismissal and arrest, so that justice can be secured in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, SKM has announced a nation-wide rail roko program on October 18.’
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