Courted by opposition parties, thousands of farmers from several states poured into the capital Thursday to demand enhanced compensation for their lands being acquired for the Yamuna Expressway project in Uttar Pradesh.
Jantar Mantar, the usual venue of protests near Parliament House, and the vast Ram Lila Ground, where the buses that ferried the thousands of farmers were parked, were packed with protesters who had come from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and other states. This led to the inevitable traffic trouble with jams reported from areas around Connaught Place.
Image: A farmer, center, carries a hookah at a protest rally in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.
Text: IANS / Images: AP
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