BKU activists lay siege to toll plazas, allow toll-free movement of vehicles

The clash between protesting farmers and BJP workers at Ghazipur border on Wednesday and subsequent case registered against farmers led to protest in different districts of the region on Thursday.

Angry farmers sat on dharna outside police stations in Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor and other districts and overpowered staff at several toll plazas in Meerut and Moradabad region, allowing toll-free movement of vehicles.

The call to make all toll plazas free during protest was given by the farmer unions to intensify their agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws.

BKU’s youth wing state president Digamber Singh said that BKU leaders and supporters are staging protests at 22 police stations in Bijnor district.