Protesting farmers beat thalis during PM s Mann Ki Baat address
India
Updated: Sunday, December 27, 2020, 20:35 [IST]
Chandigarh, Dec 27: Farmers on Sunday beat thalis at a few places in Punjab and Haryana during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s Mann Ki Baat radio programme as part of their protest against the Centre s new agri laws.
Representational Image
While addressing a press conference on December 20 at Delhi s Singhu border, farmer leaders had asked people protesting against the laws to beat utensils during the programme, the same way the prime minister had asked them in March to beat thalis (steel plates).
Modi had asked people to express gratitude towards those at the forefront of combating the coronavirus and extending essential services by giving a five-minute standing ovation by clapping, beating plates or ringing bells.
Rajasthan Congress to Hold Dialogue With Farmers in Every Assembly Constituency Till Dec 30
FOLLOW US ON:
The Congress will hold dialogue with farmers in every Assembly constituency in Rajasthan from December 28 to 30 to make them aware about the Centre s three farm laws which the party said was against the interests of the peasantry. Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra said the Rajasthan government is with the agitating farmers and support their demand for repeal of the laws.
He said that the Congress will hold dialogue with farmers in every Assembly constituency of the state with an aim to make them aware of the laws and support the ongoing agitation. Dotasra said that state ministers will address farmers and hold press conferences to aware them about the anti-farmer laws and to highlight various achievements of the state government.
1-MIN READ
Lawyer from Punjab Dies by Suicide Near Farmers Protest Site at Tikri Border
Tikri is one of the border points of Delhi where thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting against the three contentious farm laws. (Image: AP)
In a purported suicide note, Singh said he was sacrificing his life in support of the farmers agitation against the Centre s new farm laws so that the government is compelled to listen to the voice of the people.
FOLLOW US ON:
A lawyer from Punjab allegedly died by suicide by consuming poison on Sunday a few kilometres from the site of a farmers protest at Tikri border. Amarjit Singh from Jalalabad in Punjab s Fazilka district was taken to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak where doctors declared him dead on arrival, police said.
Ongoing Farmers Protest Example Of Govt s Failure: Akhilesh Yadav Slams BJP Bad times started for farmers when BJP came to power , says Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
PTI 27 December 2020
File photo of Samawadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. PTI 2020-12-27T20:59:12+05:30 Ongoing Farmers Protest Example Of Govt s Failure: Akhilesh Yadav Slams BJP outlookindia.com 2020-12-27T21:01:09+05:30
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP of giving importance to its capitalist friends and said the farmers protest against the new agri laws is an example of the failure of the government.
The BJP government at the Centre is making offers to farmers for talks, but on the other hand, it is levelling baseless allegations on the protesting farmers, he said in a statement issued here.
Protesting farmers beat thalis during PM Modi s Mann Ki Baat radio programme PTI
Updated : Dec 27, 2020, 8:48 pm IST
At many places, farmers, joined by people from other sections of society, raised slogans against the BJP-led government at the Centre
Farmers beat utensils as a protest against PM Modi s Man ki Baat programme, during their ongoing agitation over new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. (PTI)
Chandigarh: Farmers on Sunday beat thalis at a few places in Punjab and Haryana during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s Mann Ki Baat radio programme as part of their protest against the Centre s new agri laws.