Farmers strike to reach Delhi on October 2

Over 70,000 farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab and other parts of North India with a large convoy of tractors and trolleys are marching to Delhi and are scheduled to reach the Kisan ghat in the capital on October 2. The farmers are protesting against low minimum support prices (MSP), hike in diesel and electricity prices and pending sugarcane dues of farmers.