Muzaffarnagar farmers protest: Away from the stage, guarded voices, pointed questions

Monday, 6 September 2021Newsdesk

THE MEERUT Expressway on Sunday had banners put up by Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal, greeting “farmer brothers” to the Muzaffarnagar Mahapanchayat, billed as an event that could reshape the region’s political dynamics.

New Delhi, 24 September 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, The ones put up by Congress, however, featured a gleaming Priyanka Gandhi, still wishing the people of the region on the occasion of Independence Day. BJP banners, meanwhile, congratulated Muzaffarnagar MP Sanjeev Balyan for ensuring a “landslide victory in the panchayat polls”, a message that seeks to reinforce the party’s aura of electoral invincibility. On Sunday, clues to the positioning of the parties could be found in the contradictions among the sea of people, away from the sprawling stage in Muzaffarnagar’s Government Inter College ground. The RLD’s push to reclaim its stronghold will meet success, said Mayank Chaudhary, 21, clicking away selfies in front of an RLD banner. Tejpal Singh, 62, however, sought to offer a nuanced take.

Source -indianexpress.com