Ghaziabad (UP): Farmer Ghazipur Border Organized a ‘Havan’ to offer prayers on Friday Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other defense personnel killed in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu.
Apart from farmers, Rakesh Tikait, National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), BKU Uttar Pradesh President Rajbir Singh Jadaun Rajbir Singh, the state vice-president of the farmers’ group, said that other officials also participated in the havan.
a Mi-17V5 helicopter General Rawat, carrying his wife and 11 other defense personnel crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
As India’s first Chief of Defense Staff, General Rawat was tasked with bringing about theater command and jointness between the three services, and he has been pursuing this over the past two years with a tough approach and specific timelines.
Known for being straight, fearless and blunt at times, the 63-year-old strongly supported a policy of hot pursuit to tackle cross-border terrorism and extremism in Jammu and Kashmir when he was the army chief between 2016 and 2019. .
The farmers were also busy dismantling the camps set up at the protest site for the past one year as they got ready to go back home.
Singh said that the community kitchen will continue till the protest site is completely cleared.
He said that the Ghazipur border is likely to be cleared by Saturday.
Meanwhile, an official of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said that National Highway 9 would be opened for commuters after a technical inspection where the farmers had been camping for over a year and its pillars were completed.
NHAI project director Arvind Kumar told PTI that once the farmers clear the highway, NHAI engineers will inspect and repair the damaged portion.
The United Kisan Morcha (SKM), which spearheaded the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s agricultural laws, on Thursday decided to call off the agitation and announced that farmers would go back home from protest sites on Delhi’s borders on Saturday.
The movement, which started in November last year, mainly attracted farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Apart from farmers, Rakesh Tikait, National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), BKU Uttar Pradesh President Rajbir Singh Jadaun Rajbir Singh, the state vice-president of the farmers’ group, said that other officials also participated in the havan.
a Mi-17V5 helicopter General Rawat, carrying his wife and 11 other defense personnel crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
As India’s first Chief of Defense Staff, General Rawat was tasked with bringing about theater command and jointness between the three services, and he has been pursuing this over the past two years with a tough approach and specific timelines.
Known for being straight, fearless and blunt at times, the 63-year-old strongly supported a policy of hot pursuit to tackle cross-border terrorism and extremism in Jammu and Kashmir when he was the army chief between 2016 and 2019. .
The farmers were also busy dismantling the camps set up at the protest site for the past one year as they got ready to go back home.
Singh said that the community kitchen will continue till the protest site is completely cleared.
He said that the Ghazipur border is likely to be cleared by Saturday.
Meanwhile, an official of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said that National Highway 9 would be opened for commuters after a technical inspection where the farmers had been camping for over a year and its pillars were completed.
NHAI project director Arvind Kumar told PTI that once the farmers clear the highway, NHAI engineers will inspect and repair the damaged portion.
The United Kisan Morcha (SKM), which spearheaded the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s agricultural laws, on Thursday decided to call off the agitation and announced that farmers would go back home from protest sites on Delhi’s borders on Saturday.
The movement, which started in November last year, mainly attracted farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
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