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Farmers led by P. Ayyakannu staged a protestation objection successful beforehand of the Tiruchi Collectorate connected Friday, condemning the Madhya Pradesh constabulary and railway constabulary for allegedly obstructing their Delhi-bound protestation and booking transgression cases against them.
According to farmers, implicit 300 of them, nether the banner of the Desiya Thennindhiya Nadhigal Inaippu Vivasayigal Sangam, had obtained tribunal support and near for New Delhi by bid connected November 17 to property a charter of demands. These included providing remunerative prices — astatine slightest treble the outgo of accumulation — for cultivation nutrient and interlinking the Godavari and the Cauvery.
However, the pursuing day, they were stopped midway astatine Narmadapuram railway presumption successful Madhya Pradesh by the Madhya Pradesh Police and prevented from proceeding further. The farmers alleged that attempts were made to forcibly nonstop them backmost by attaching lone 2 further coaches to the Duronto Express, resulting successful terrible overcrowding wrong the train.
When farmers demanded that much coaches beryllium added to guarantee harmless travel, they staged a protestation extracurricular the railway station. Subsequently, the Nagpur Railway Police registered cases against 307 farmers, including Mr. Ayyakannu, and issued summons to them.
Protesters demanded contiguous withdrawal of the cases and accountability for officials who allegedly obstructed the lawful protest.
