<p>New Delhi: Police on Tuesday arrested more than 160 protesting farmers, including the president of Bharatiya Kisan Parishad Sukhbir Khalifa, who were holding a sit-in at the 'Dalit Prerna Sthal' in Noida.</p><p>The farmers were staging protest after police prevented them from marching to Delhi.</p><p>Among the arrested were women and several farmer leaders like Khalifa and Pawan Khatana, the state president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Western Uttar Pradesh), according to the police.</p>.Farmers are in distress, need for introspection: Vice-President Dhankhar.<p>Farmers brought along mattresses, blankets, utensils, and other cooking items, indicating their intention to prolong the protest.</p><p>Slamming the arrest of farmers, the Bharatiya Kisan Union led by Naresh Tikait has called a panchayat in Muzaffarnagar.</p><p>The farmers, who have been demanding higher compensation in return for land acquired from them by the three authorities in Noida – eventually held a sit-in protest near Dalit Prerna Sthal on Monday.</p><p>Several farmers organisations announced march towards Delhi coincidence with on going winter session of Parliament pressing for fulfilling number of demands including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP).</p>
<p>New Delhi: Police on Tuesday arrested more than 160 protesting farmers, including the president of Bharatiya Kisan Parishad Sukhbir Khalifa, who were holding a sit-in at the 'Dalit Prerna Sthal' in Noida.</p><p>The farmers were staging protest after police prevented them from marching to Delhi.</p><p>Among the arrested were women and several farmer leaders like Khalifa and Pawan Khatana, the state president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Western Uttar Pradesh), according to the police.</p>.Farmers are in distress, need for introspection: Vice-President Dhankhar.<p>Farmers brought along mattresses, blankets, utensils, and other cooking items, indicating their intention to prolong the protest.</p><p>Slamming the arrest of farmers, the Bharatiya Kisan Union led by Naresh Tikait has called a panchayat in Muzaffarnagar.</p><p>The farmers, who have been demanding higher compensation in return for land acquired from them by the three authorities in Noida – eventually held a sit-in protest near Dalit Prerna Sthal on Monday.</p><p>Several farmers organisations announced march towards Delhi coincidence with on going winter session of Parliament pressing for fulfilling number of demands including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP).</p>
