(Photo: SKM)Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of the 40 farmer unions, had announced that as the protest enters its tenth month, they would hold a mahapanchayat with the aim of launching its Mission Uttar Pradesh and discuss the three contentious farm laws that have been implemented since November 2020.
Farmers from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana had already started gathering at the ground since midnight.
Anticipating record numbers, the Uttar Pradesh government has beefed up security in Muzaffarnagar ahead of the Mahapanchayat. Two companies of rapid action force (RAF), as well as eight companies comprising more than 1,000 personnel of the provincial armed constabulary (PAC), have been deployed in the city.
The Indian Express reported that apart from these special security forces, around a thousand more police personnel from the Meerut zone will be deployed. Drones equipped with cameras and CCTVs will also be used to monitor the massive event, the police…