Fact Check: Farmers started hunger strike inside the jail in Gautam Buddha Nagar? What is the truth of this news?

New Delhi: Farmer organizations are continuously agitating for their demands. To put pressure on the government, the farmers are marching towards the country’s capital Delhi. This movement of farmers is regarding land allotment, leaseback and land acquisition law of 2013. Meanwhile, news came on Sunday that the farmers who have been lodged in the district jail of Gautam Buddha Nagar have started a hunger strike inside the jail. Some news websites also carried this news. However, this claim was not found to be true.

What was the claim regarding farmers?

News website ‘IBC 24’ published the news under breaking news on December 8 at around 3:30 pm – Farmers lodged in the district jail of Gautam Buddha Nagar are on hunger strike. In the news, the website wrote, ‘United Kisan Morcha (SKM) said on Sunday that farmers of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh are on hunger strike. he/she is currently lodged in a jail in Gautam Buddha Nagar.

Also, it has been reported in the news that the United Kisan Morcha said on Sunday that the farmers of Greater Noida of Uttar Pradesh are on hunger strike. he/she is currently lodged in a jail in Gautam Buddha Nagar. Some of the demands of farmers have been pending for a long time, including implementation of the new law ensuring 10 percent land allocation. Click here to see the news

What is the truth of this news?

On the ongoing news regarding farmers’ hunger strike, the jailer of Gautam Budh Nagar District Jail issued a statement saying, ‘It was published by some newspapers/journalist brothers that there has been a hunger strike by the farmers inside the jail, but the jail Inside, all the farmers are taking food/snacks, food etc. on time, all the people are healthy. Please ignore the rumours. Listen to the byte of the district jail jailer-

conclusion

There is news on some news portals about the hunger strike of farmers in the district jail of Gautam Buddha Nagar, which is not correct. The jailer of Gautam Buddha Nagar jail has termed such news as rumours. During investigation by the alert team, this claim was found to be false.