India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, Feb 05: The farmers will not block roads in Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand on Saturday as part of the nationwide ‘chakka jam’ called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the united front of farmers protesting against new farm laws.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the farmer unions protesting the three farm laws, said emergency and essential services such as ambulance and school bus will not be stopped during the ”chakka jam” that is proposed to be held between 12 pm and 3 pm.
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that there will no road blockade in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday, but added that farmers in these two states can be called to the national capital any time and that they have been kept on standby.
Talking to reporters at the Ghazipur protest site, Tikait said that farmers in small groups will submit a memorandum to…