noidaUpdated: Dec 29, 2020, 00:04 ISTThe arrival of politician Pappu Yadav and a mock funeral at the UP Gate protest site on Monday was termed a “mistake” by farmer leaders there. This is the second time Yadav has come to the UP Gate protest site – his previous appearance was on December 1 when he came along with Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and lent support to farmers. Earlier in the day on Monday, a group of protesting farmers prepared an effigy and carried out a mock “shav yatra” (funeral procession) as a symbolic protest at UP Gate, after which police officers from Khoda and Kaushambi police stations intervened and snatched the effigy. “It was a small group which resorted to carrying out a ‘shav yatra’ but our officers intervened and took the effigy away. Their leaders have been informed of the incident and we expect that they will ensure no such unruly activity is carried out at the protest site,” said Gyanendra Singh, superintendent of police (city 2), Ghaziabad.

Source: Hindustan Times December 28, 2020 18:34 UTC