Live: Farmers gather at GIC Grounds in Muzaffarnagar

Farmers on all kinds of vehicles – from several districts of Uttar Pradesh as well as from other states – reached Muzaffarnagar for the Kisan Mahapanchayat to be held at GIC Grounds today. Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni) Haryana president Gurnam Singh Charuni has claimed around 1 lakh farmers from the state will attend the mahapanchayat. Muzaffarnagar’s five main gurdwaras and several others on its outskirts have opened its doors for the farmers arriving in the district. Meanwhile, six companies of the provincial armed constabulary (PAC) and two companies of rapid action force (RAF) other than police forces from various districts have been deployed here for the mega event. DIG (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 the security duty. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates: Via Times of India https://ift.tt/2hJjhqE