Today's show of strength comes a day after over 160 protesting farmers were arrested. The farmers were holding a sit-in at the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida after their planned march to Delhi on land compensation and other demands was stopped on Monday.

Farmers in Noida face police crackdown as they protest land compensation issues, leading to a call for a mahapanchayat demanding the release of detained protesters. The controversy stems from ongoing land disputes and compensation claims affecting local agricultural families.

Protesting farmers are demanding an allocation of 10 per cent plots and 64.7 per cent increased compensation under the old acquisition law, which is four times the market rate of compensation, and 20 per cent plots on the land acquired after January 1,