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Agitating farmers not summoned by NIA: Govt to Rajya S

February 10, 2021 14:03 IST

Farmers participating in the ongoing protests against newly enacted three agri laws were not summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the government told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

 

IMAGE: Farmers, who claimed to have been running from Meerut to Delhi, arrive at Ghazipur border to support the ongoing protest against the new farm laws, in New Delhi, on Tuesday. Photograph: Ravi Choudhary/PTI Photo

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi borders for more than two months, demanding a complete repeal of three farm laws enacted in September 2020.

"No sir," Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in a written reply to a query whether the NIA summoned farmers, participating in the ongoing farmers' protests.

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The question was asked by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and two other members.

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