“It Is Painful To See This”: Vinesh Phogat At Farmers' Protest Site At Shambhu Border (Image: x.com/FarmStudioz)

Indian wrestler today visited the farmers’ protest site at Shambhu border, as the agitation completes 200 days. Talking about the ongoing protest, the wrester, who hit the headlines recently after she was disqualified in a Paris Olympics final event due to weight issues, said she is pained to see the situation of the farmers who feed the country. She asked the government to listen to the farmers’ demands.

“It has been 200 days since they are sitting here. It is painful to see this. All of them are citizens of this country. Farmers run the country. Nothing is possible without them, not even athletes – if they don’t feed us, we won’t be able to compete. Many a time we are helpless and can’t do anything, we represent the country at such big levels but we can’t do anything for our family even when we see them sad. I urge the Government that they should listen. They had admitted their mistake last time, they should fulfill the promises that they made. The country won’t progress, if people sit on streets like this…,” Vinesh Phogat can be heard in a video posted by news agency ANI.

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Since February this year, farmers have been camping at the Shambhu border after authorities blocked their march to the national capital, continuing their demonstration demanding a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops, among other issues. Marking the 200 days of the stir, the farmers gather in large numbers at the Shambhu border today.

The farmers have expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling BJP at the Centre and with the Haryana government. The state, a major Centre of the 2020 farmers protest against the three farm laws introduced by the Union government, is going to poll in October this year. Th 2020 farmers’ protest, held under the banner of the Smayukt Kisan Morcha, had yielded results, forcing the government to repeal the laws.

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