“I will hang from the stage but I will not leave the stage,” farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said, when he spoke to the hundreds of farmers who have been sitting on a peaceful protest at Ghazipur for over two months now. Late on January 28.,Tikait who has also been here at the protest said “attempts were being made to create violence, we were ready to talk, but they want to create trouble, the Police will be responsible if something happens.”

As shown on a live report by NDTV, Tikait said he will continue the sit-in protest, and even wait for drinking water to be brought. According to news reports Uttar Pradesh administration has also served a notice to Tikait and the protestors to vacate the spot, citing this is causing “public nuisance”. He had earlier said he would be available for discussions with the police and administration as a law abiding citizen, however things took a stressful turn when some officials reached the stage where the farmer leaders were speaking from urging supporters to stay calm and peaceful.

At the time of going to press, no arrests have been made yet, but according to multiple media sources, a police crackdown on the farmers protest at Ghazipur seems imminent. The CCTV cameras, water supply, food supply, have already been discontinued from the area, reported multiple media houses. According to reports, the Ghaziabad District Magistrate has also ordered all protesters at Ghazipur to vacate the spot else they are likely to be removed later at night.

Heavy police deployment was posted at the protest site since January 26, and it has now increased manifold, more barricades have been put up and buses have been lined up.

Democracy at Stake ?

Electricity & Water supply cut and heavy Police deployment at Ghazipur border.#FarmersProtest #ghazipurborder pic.twitter.com/Zi8dMJ15hj

— Kisan Ekta March (@KisanEktaMarch) January 28, 2021

The Ghazipur border and the Delhi-Meerut highway has been sealed on one side since November 26, when the protest by farmers, demanding the repeal of the farm laws, began. After January 26 chaos, including the tear gas and confrontation at Akshardham crossing, less than 10 kilometers from the protest venue, security deployment was intensified. On January 28, security personnel also conducted a flag march at the Ghazipur border.

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Ghazipur: Mobocracy has taken over Uttar Pradesh in CM Yogi Adityanath’s as another police personnel was killed by a stone-pelting mob in Ghazipur, UP on Saturday.
 
Just days after inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was shot by cow vigilantes in Bulandshar, constable Suresh Vats (48) from Karimuddinpur police station was killed when protesters allegedly from Rashtriya Nishad Party hurled stones at vehicles returning from the venue of a public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 
Vats was hit on the head by a stone when he went to end a traffic jam caused by the protests. He was rushed to a hospital, however, he succumbed to his injuries.
 
The arrests have been made based on video evidence gathered by the police. A total of 27 people have been arrested so far in related to the case.

 
Earlier on Sunday, Additional Director General (ADG) of the Varanasi zone PV Rama Shastri said that Nishad Party leader Arjun Kashyap is one of the main accused in the case and claimed to have enough evidence against him.
 
“Raids are being carried out to arrest him and others involved in this case,” she said.
 
“Some people from Nishad community were protesting near Atwa Mor police station in Naunera area where stone pelting took place during which he was hit,” PTI quoted Superintendent of Police (Ghazipur) Yashveer Singh as saying. Two locals have also been injured in the incident.
 
Earlier, Vat’s son, VP Singh, said the police department is unable to protect its own officials. “Police are not being able to protect their own,” Singh said.
 
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government later announced a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the family. However, the deceased cop’s son said the compensation hold little meaning now that his father is gone. “What will we do with the compensation now? The compensation cannot bring back the person we lost,” Singh said.

 
Former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav from SP claimed that criminals have “doubled” in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP rule.
 
“UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is advocating his Thoko Neeti (encounter policy) everywhere. Due to this, there is a trend among the police officials that they undertake encounters when they anticipate that they can be transferred. Their acts are emulated by their subordinates,” Yadav added.

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