Dalit farmers accused SP leader of occupying their land, sought help from Akhilesh Yadav

Dalit farmers allege that Samajwadi Party leader Wahid Qureshi has forcibly occupied their land.

Published on: 05 Apr 2025, 6:33 pm

Lucknow. Dalit farmers protested outside the SP (Samajwadi Party) office in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday. During this, they accused SP leader Wahid Qureshi of forcibly occupying their land. Dalit farmers demanded action against the SP leader from Akhilesh Yadav.

Dalit farmers allege that Samajwadi Party leader Wahid Qureshi has forcibly occupied their land. If the farmers are to be believed, SP leader Wahid Qureshi has links with terrorists and by spreading terror, he has forcibly occupied the land of many people of the village.

Farmer Rakesh Kumar, who was protesting outside the SP office, told IANS, “I am a resident of Salempur. SP leaders from Amethi want to grab the land of farmers, so they want to send us to jail so that they can capture our land. Today we are protesting demanding action against SP leader Wahid Qureshi. Our only demand from Akhilesh Yadav is that he should expel the goons from his party and give us justice. Land of about two dozen people has been captured in the village.”

At the same time, the protesting woman Poonam said that the SP leader has occupied our land. I am a poor woman and now that the land has been occupied, what will I do? I will appeal to Akhilesh Yadav to get justice for all the families.

Farmer Rakesh demanded action against the SP leader. Talking to IANS, he said that I am poor and my land has been occupied. I also have the land documents. When we protested against the illegal occupation, we were even beaten up. Today we have come to Akhilesh Yadav with a plea for help so that we can get justice.

(With inputs from IANS)