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Akhilesh had recently visited Haridwar where he met a number of saints and seers.

The government on Thursday revoked a steep interest rate cut on small savings schemes such as PPF and NSC, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying it was an oversight.

The arrogance of power has made the government sitting in New Delhi "blind and deaf" to the suffering of millions of farmers in the country, the SP leader told the gathering.

She sat in the women's enclosure where she interacted with the female family members.

SP president Akhilesh Yadav called the contentious laws a clamp for the farmers.

Yadav's party has been backing the farmers' stir against three new agri laws.

Meanwhile, BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh urged the Centre to reconsider the "anti-farmer" laws.

There is a nationwide outrage over the gang-rape and murder of the 19-year-old Dalit girl who fought grievous injuries for a fortnight before dying on September 29.

We demand an FIR against the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Hathras, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav said.