Greater Noida: Giving the police a slip, Rahul Gandhi rode pillion on a motorcyle in dark just before dawn on Wednesday to the epicentre of violent clashes in this district and met farmers protesting Uttar Pradesh government's land acquisition policy.
The strong police force deployed at the Bhatta Parsaul village, which witnessed violent clashes between the police and farmers, apparently failed to notice the Congress General Secretary when he reached the Delhi suburb in a mobike at around 4 AM.
It was only when he began meeting farmers and heard their grievances that the policemen recognised the young Congress leader, who has often slipped out of his security cordon in the past to meet people. The identity of the driver of the mobike was not known immediately.
An elderly woman told the AICC General Secretary how "brutally PAC men had manhandled the women members of the family in the name of conducting a search" after the clashes broke out.
Another elderly man showed injuries on his body inflicted allegedly due to the baton charge by policemen.
Rahul assured the farmers full support and promised that they will get proper land compensation, according to the villagers.
While blaming Mayawati's BSP government for the atrocities committed on farmers, he requested the farmers to shun violence, they said.
After four persons, including two policemen, were killed in Saturday's clashes between police and farmers in Greater Noida, the place has turned into a political battleground for political parties. The opposition has flayed the UP government for its land acquisition policy.
Image: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, pillion on the first bike, on his way to meet villagers of Bhatta Parsaul in Greater Noida on Wednesday three days after the bloody clash between the police and the agitating farmers.
The strong police force deployed at the Bhatta Parsaul village, which witnessed violent clashes between the police and farmers, apparently failed to notice the Congress General Secretary when he reached the Delhi suburb in a mobike at around 4 AM.
It was only when he began meeting farmers and heard their grievances that the policemen recognised the young Congress leader, who has often slipped out of his security cordon in the past to meet people. The identity of the driver of the mobike was not known immediately.
An elderly woman told the AICC General Secretary how "brutally PAC men had manhandled the women members of the family in the name of conducting a search" after the clashes broke out.
Another elderly man showed injuries on his body inflicted allegedly due to the baton charge by policemen.
Rahul assured the farmers full support and promised that they will get proper land compensation, according to the villagers.
While blaming Mayawati's BSP government for the atrocities committed on farmers, he requested the farmers to shun violence, they said.
After four persons, including two policemen, were killed in Saturday's clashes between police and farmers in Greater Noida, the place has turned into a political battleground for political parties. The opposition has flayed the UP government for its land acquisition policy.
Image: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, pillion on the first bike, on his way to meet villagers of Bhatta Parsaul in Greater Noida on Wednesday three days after the bloody clash between the police and the agitating farmers.
Text & Images: PTI
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