25. Kisan Rally was held at New Delhi. Write a report. You are a reporter of 'The Indian
Express'.
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Anger against the three central farm legislations has been simmering since September. For the last three days, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have been marching toward the national capital and are nearing the borders.
After failing to garner support from their respective state governments, the farmers have decided to mount pressure on the Union government, due to which they are coming to Delhi. While BJP governments in UP and Haryana have failed to convince farmers, governments of Rajasthan and Punjab have extended full support to their agitation. Farmers want the Union government to either withdraw the three legislations or guarantee them the minimum support price (MSP) for their crops by introducing a new law.
The Indian Express explains who these protestors are, and what has led to this situation where farmers are surrounding Delhi from all directions.
Farmers march to Delhi: Who is protesting?
Gurnam Singh Chaduni is leading the protestors from Haryana. Gurnam had contested the 2019 Assembly elections from Ladwa constituency in Kurukshetra district, but got only 1,307 votes. However, he was quite active in raising farmers’ issues and led several protests across the state. He entered the limelight again soon after the central government announced the three farm Bills. Gurnam is facing several criminal cases for leading the protests and causing disruption of law and order.