UP beefs up security in view of Kisan Panchayat

The Uttar Pradesh government has made elaborate security arrangements in view of the farmers' mahapanchayat on Sunday. Six companies of the provincial armed constabulary (PAC) and two companies of rapid action force (RAF) are being deployed in Muzaffarnagar. DIG of Saharanpur range Preetinder Singh said on Saturday that the event will be videographed while five SSPs, seven ASPs and 40 police inspectors will be posted on security duty. The farmers protesting against the three central laws are organising a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said on Friday, adding that farmers from across the country, including Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra and the southern states, will take part in the event.The farmers' protest against the three contentious laws has been going on for more than nine months at the Delhi borders. The farmers have been demanding the repeal of the laws which they claim will do away with the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations. After 11  rounds of talks with the government that has been projecting the laws as major agricultural reforms have failed to break the deadlock between the two sides.