A massive crowd gathered today for a farmers' "Mahapanchayat" or meeting called by Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Naresh Tikait in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, less than 150 km from the Ghazipur border out Delhi where Mr Tikait's brother Rakesh is leading a protest against farm laws. Visuals taken from a drone camera showed crowds surging at the college grounds where the meeting was held. The Mahapanchayat was called after a tense standoff last night when the UP administration tried to evict the protesting farmers from Ghazipur.