Chakka jam at many places in Yavatmal

YAVATMAL: Chakka jam was held at various places in Yavatmal district on Saturday. The agitators chanted slogans against the Modi government and demanded roll back of the 3 farm laws.
In Pandharkawda, the farmers gathered on the national highway and blocked traffic. The police retained the agitators and released them at 3pm. Similar agitations were staged in Pusad, Maregaon, Mahagaon and other parts of the district.The farmers squatted on the state and national highways which brought the traffic movement to a grinding halt at all these places.
In Mahagaon, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, Prahar Jan Shakti and Shetkari Sanghatana workers participated in the chakka jam while the activists of Shetkari Sanghatana, MIM, Rashtriya Kisan Morcha, Rashtriya Muslim Morcha and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana participated in the agitation at Pusad. The traffic at Shivaji Square in Pusad town was disrupted for three hours.
In Maregaon, the activists of Kisan Ekta staged chakka jam in Mardi Chowk while in Pandharkawda, Bhishansingh Shinde, Pradip Belkhede, Kishor Tiwari, Ankit Naitam, Lathuji Junghare, Vishnu Rathod, farm widows Aparna Malikar, Rekha Gurnule, Bharti Pawar and others participated. There was no untoward incident reported from anywhere across the district. The agitation went off peacefully.
The agitators have demanded the revocation of the 3 farm bills and warned the government of intensifying the agitation if it continues to neglect the farmers' protest.