Acting on the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) for a six-hour nationwide 'rail roko' protest, all railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana were blocked by farmers, thus affecting the rail services on Monday. The farmers were protesting in support of their demand to remove MoS Ajay Misra Teni from the Cabinet following the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which his son Ashish Mishra is the main accused. Pic/PTI, AFP
Updated On: 2021-10-19 10:24 AM IST
Train services were affected in both states due to the protest. However, there was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere in the states. Pic/PTI
Hundreds of people had a harrowing time as rails did not ply due to the nationwide strike. Passengers were left stranded at railway stations in various towns and cities as trains were stranded. Pic/PTI
It is very apparent that with Ajay Misra being the MoS for Home Affairs in the Union Government, justice cannot be secured in this matter, the SKM said in a statement. Pic/PTI
Police personnel stand guard at a railway bridge to prevent farmers from blocking the tracks as part of their 'Rail Roko' protest, in Varanasi. Pic/PTI
Various farmer organisations block railway tracks as part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha's 'Rail Roko' protest demanding the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, at Amritsar railyway station. Pic/PTI
As many as 50 trains across 130 locations in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan were affected due to the farmers' ‘rail roko' agitation against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, a railway official said. Pic/PTI
Movement of trains was disrupted in Punjab’s Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Moga, Patiala and Ferozepur and Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri, Sonipat, Kurukshetra, Jind, Karnal and Hisar towns, PTI reported. Pic/PTI
A total of eight people including four farmers died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that took place on October 3. Pic/PTI
