मुज्जफरनगर में भूख हडताल पर किसान,

मुज्जफरनगर में भूख हडताल पर किसान,
LUCKNOW: Death of a farmer at relay hunger strike sparked off widespread resentment among the community in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday. Bhartiya Kisan
Union (BKU) chief Mahendra Singh Tikait was holding a marathon panchayat at the site when the reports last came in. According to reports, farmers had been staging a relay hunger strike against non-payment of sugarcane dues in Muzaffarnagar. Around 50 farmers were staging hunger strike outside Ganna Samiti in Khatauli tehsil of the district on Monday night when condition of 62-year-old Sukhpal of Rajpur Kala village suddenly deteriorated. He was immediately rushed to the Sushila Jaswant Rao Hosptial in Meerut where the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. The incident sparked off widespread resentment among protesting farmers. Hearing about the news thousands of farmers gathered at the Ganna Samiti office and blamed authorities and mill owners for Sukhpal’s death. On Tuesday morning, Mahendra Singh Tikait’s son Rakesh Tikait too joined the agitation. The farmers were adamant on performing the last rites of Sukhpal only after their demands was met. However, the district magistrate Subhash Chandra intervened and assured the farmers of an ex gratia of Rs five lakh to Sukhpal’s kins and a government job to one of his family members