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Jan 31, 2021

Watch | How Was the Farmer Movement Revived at Ghazipur?

After the appeal made by Rakesh Tikait, the leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, farmers have begun to flock to Ghazipur in large numbers.
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After a tractor rally in Delhi on January 26, the Uttar Pradesh administration ordered the farmers protesting at the Ghazipur border to withdraw. However, after the appeal made by Rakesh Tikait, the leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Indian Farmers’ Union), farmers have begun to flock here in large numbers.

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