Mahapanchayats giving timely impetus to farmers’ protest
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February 15, 2021 00:25 IST
Backed by the khaps, men and women farmers have come en masse to support the protest
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Backed by the khaps, men and women farmers have come en masse to support the protest
The two-month-old farmers’ sit-in agitation around Delhi opposing the three farm laws seemed set to fizzle out in the aftermath of the Republic Day violence during the tractor parade, but the series of khap
mahapanchayats in its wake have apparently turned the tide.
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mahapanchayats have emerged as new rallying points for the agitating farmers after Republic Day. The massive turnouts at these meetings have not only been just a show of strength, but also given a new lease of life to the movement.
A large number of conservancy workers of Madurai Corporation boycotted their work on Saturday in protest against alleged police torture due to which a temporary conservancy worker of the Corporation w
Steel plant contributes to growth of Centre and State, says roundtable
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We will not allow it to go into hands of a few individuals: speakers
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We will not allow it to go into hands of a few individuals: speakers
The public sector Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) contributes not just to the growth of the State but also to the economy of the nation and we will not allow it to go into the hands of a few individuals, the speakers at a roundtable, warned the Centre.
The roundtable was held, under the aegis of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), at the Public Library here on Monday.
Vizag steel plant, a saga of steely grit, struggle and sacrifice
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February 09, 2021 01:06 IST
The VSP was set up after a series of protests spearheaded by students and death of 32 people in police firing
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Then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao dedicating the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant to the nation on August 1, 1992 as former Minister of State for Steel Santosh Mohan Deb and Chief Minister N. Janardhan Reddy look on.
The VSP was set up after a series of protests spearheaded by students and death of 32 people in police firing
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) has a long saga of struggle and sacrifices. It was a people’s movement in then combined Andhra Pradesh, in which students from Andhra Medical College, Andhra University, Ms. AVN College and many other colleges from Guntur, Krishna, Warangal and East Godavari districts, had participated. They were led by stalwarts such as Tenneti Viswanadham, Gouthu Latchanna, Puchalapalli Sundarayya,
CITU Haryana unit to gherao eight Ministers
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Move is part of union’s nationwide campaign supporting farmers’ agitation
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Move is part of union’s nationwide campaign supporting farmers’ agitation
The Haryana unit of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) will gherao eight Ministers, including Chief Minister Manohar Lal, over the next week to express solidarity with the farmers seeking repeal of the farm laws.
It is part of CITU’s nationwide campaign supporting the farmers’ agitation.
On February 14
Giving details, CITU Haryana vice-president Satvir Singh said the workers from Gurugram, Rewari and Mewat would lay siege to the residence of Union Minister of State for Statistics and Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh, on February 14 in support of the farmers’ demand for withdrawal of laws and legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price. Similarly, the CITU workers from Sonipat, Panipat, Kaithal and Karnal will gherao the office of Mr. Lal in