Farmers' protest: RLP calls off march to Jaipur after administration's assurances

Jaipur, Jan 14 (PTI) RLP convener Hanuman Beniwal on Wednesday called off a proposed march to Jaipur to press farmers' demands, including adequate land compensation and action against illegal gravel mining, after government representatives held talks with the protesters, a party leader said.

The meeting was held at a hotel on the Ajmer-Nagaur border late on Tuesday night. Nagaur district collector and superintendent of police were among the officials who held the talks with the farmers' delegation, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) leader said.

According to the RLP leader, the administration agreed to take strict steps to curb illegal gravel mining by the mining mafia.

It also assured that adequate compensation would be given to farmers affected by railway line and high-tension power transmission lines projects in Nagaur, the RLP leader said.

The first round of talks between the farmers' delegation led by RLP leader Dilip Choudhary and district administration officials was inconclusive.

Beniwal, along with a large number of supporters and farmers in hundreds of vehicles, left from Nagaur on Tuesday evening. The protesters halted at the Ajmer-Nagaur border.

The Nagaur MP participated in a farmers' dharna in Riyanbadi town. From there, he moved with his supporters to block the Nagaur-Ajmer highway, but then decided to head towards Jaipur. PTI SDA DIV DIV