New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced the names of candidates for 59 out of 70 seats in Uttarakhand for the upcoming assembly polls.
Dehradun Sep 27 PTI The Bharat Bandh called by farmer unions against the Centres three agri laws evoked a mixed response in Uttarakhand as most of the shops and establishments remained openFarmers organisations descended on the streets at Roorkee in Haridwar district Rudrapur Kashipur Khatima and Gadarpur in Udham Singh Nagar district to enforce the bandh but most of the shops remained openThere was not much impact in Dehradun either as people did not have a problem going about their daily routine as usualOverall the bandh remained peaceful with no untoward incident reported so far from any part of the state police said However farmers organisations staged dharnas at a number of places demanding withdrawal of the new farm laws The Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha an umbrella body of 40 farm unions marks one year since President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the three controversial laws and 10 months since thousands of farmers set up camp at Delhis border points to voice their protest PTI ALM KJ KJ KJ