{"id":1009,"date":"2021-09-06T04:13:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T04:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2021-09-06T04:13:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T04:13:09","slug":"tens-of-thousands-join-rally-in-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands join rally in Uttar Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-header\" data-id=\"375389\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbcnews.com.fj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uttar-pradesh-protest-1280x720-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>[SOURCE: BBC]<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<div class=\"lead\">\n<p>Tens of thousands of farmers have gathered in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to protest against new agriculture laws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Local police put the number at over half a million, while an AFP photographer said at least 50,000 farmers and supporters took part.<\/p>\n<p>The farmers want state authorities to repeal controversial farm legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers described the rally as the biggest protest since their movement began last November.<\/p>\n<p>For days, buses and tractors have been ferrying farmers into the city of Muzaffarnagar, sparking a major security operation.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian government says the laws, which loosen rules around how farmers can sell their produce, will give farmers more freedom.<\/p>\n<p>But opponents say the reforms leave small farmers vulnerable to big corporations.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of protesters, brandishing flags and wearing coloured caps, spilled onto the streets of Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, with leaders pledging to occupy all roads in a 12-mile (20km) radius around the city.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of police officers were keeping guard on streets leading to the event.<\/p>\n<p>Protest leaders said the rally in Uttar Pradesh, where farming is critical to livelihoods, would reenergise the movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll intensify our protest by going to every single city and town of Uttar Pradesh to convey the message that Modi\u2019s government is anti-farmer,\u201d Rakesh Tikait said.<\/p>\n<p>The farmers are calling for a nationwide strike on 27 September to protest against the laws.<\/p>\n<p>-BBC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[SOURCE: BBC] Tens of thousands of farmers have gathered in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to protest against new agriculture laws. Local police put the number at over half a million, while an AFP photographer said at least 50,000 farmers and supporters took part. The farmers want state authorities to repeal controversial farm legislation. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,222,177],"tags":[59,197],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-news","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-featured","tag-world-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}