Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday mentioned the death of a 57-year-old farmer due to heart attack while protesting against the Centre's new farm laws at the Ghazipur border as ''disturbing'', and accused the ruling BJP of being ''heartless''.
A farmer from Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh died near the Ghazipur border on January 1 while protesting against the newly enacted farm laws by the Centre.
Commenting on the incident, the state president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rajbir Singh, said all the farmers who lost their lives during the protest against the farm laws must get the status of a martyr. Singh's body was wrapped in a BKU flag and union leader Rakesh Tikait paid homage to him.
On the eve of the New Year, a tribute was paid to those farmers who died during the protest. A candlelight march was also taken out.
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