Though duty-bound cops have been pitted against the protesters, not all are happy about it. On Tuesday morning 27-year-old Opin Kumar reached the Ghazipur border, but his motive was completely different.
Though his father and brother were marching for loan waiver and reduction in electricity tariff, Kumar, a constable posted in Meerut's Civil Lines, had to perform his duty of maintaining law and order by being with the troop to stop them at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.
"I wish I could stand for the welfare of my family and lakhs of other farmers of India," rued Kumar.
Since childhood, Kumar had seen his father struggle.
"I have seen him knocking the doors of the government with several other farmers of our area. However, nothing has ever been done for the farmers. My brother took up agriculture to support my father, his condition is as bad as my father. I have seen them going to bed without having dinner. If the farmers opt for another profession how will the richer section of the society fill their tummies," he asked.
Another constable who was posted at Kalyanpuri police station said that he too belongs to a farmer's family and the government should fulfil the demands of the farmers so that they are not pushed to a level to take an extreme step of ending their lives.
"Condition of the farmers is almost the same across the nation. They do not have money to feed their family. They do not earn equal to the hard work they do," said the officer.
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