Greater Noida farmers' protests: Sachin Pilot detained |
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Bhatta Parasul Uttar Pradesh, May 22ANI: Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology IT Sachin Pilot, who went to Greater Noida to meet the protesting farmers, has been arrested for trying to enter Bhatta Parsaul village. The farmers have been agitating since January demanding higher compensation for their lands acquired by the state government. Their demand is that only half their lands should be acquired while the rest should be handed over to the farmers after development. They also want 25 percent reservation for farmers in all schemes of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway. Apart from this, the farmers have also been demanding for the authorities to give 120 square metre plots to landless farmers and a compensation of rupees 5,00,000 for each acre of acquired land. Bhatta Parsaul village had turned into a battlefield on May 7, resulting in the death of two Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel and one villager. Several others were also injured in the same incident, when a clash broke out between farmers and the police. District Magistrate DM Deepak Aggarwal and Gautam Buddh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police SSP were grievously injured in the incident along with scores of others. ANI Posted by aniin on Tuesday May 24 reply Comments |
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