Land bill: Swaraj Abhiyan Party to hold 10-day tractor march

The Swaraj Abhiyan Party (SAP) will organise a ten-day tractor march to make farmers aware of the party's demands including changes in the land acquisition bill, linking agriculture with minimum income and pensions to elderly farmers and agricultural labourers.

Spokesperson and member of the state campaign committee of the party Gian Chand Bansal said that the party would organise a ten-day tractor march from Thikriwala village to Parliament House.

The march will be led by party founder Yogendra Yadav and convener Anand Kumar on August 1 and will reach Parliament House on August 10. Bansal said that the march would pass through villages of Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. He said that the party has also been organising 'meet the farmers' campaign to spread awareness about the 'Jai Kisan Andolan'.

First Published: Jul 19, 2015 20:07 IST