Joshi and his vision
Before he took up farmers’ issues, Joshi, an economist by training, worked for the United Nations in Switzerland. After returning to the country, he purchased land near the now-industrial belt of Chakan in Khed taluka of Pune district and became a full-time farmer. In 1979, he led a group of farmers to block the Pune-Nashik highway to press for higher prices for onion. The genesis of the Shetkari Sanghatana lies in this movement, which saw onion growers dumping their produce on the highway to underline their demand.
Joshi believed that unless the problems of Bharat (meaning rural India) were raised forcefully in India (a reference to cities and urban areas), farmers would never receive justice. His agitations were, therefore, invariably staged in the urban areas, and were calculated to impact urban life. Protesters often gathered on highways or railway tracks to press for better prices of sugarcane, or the removal of state monopoly in the procurement of cotto
Farmers protest: SC proposes committee, but groups adamant on rollback of farm laws; Sikh priest kills self The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 protesting farmer unions, rejected the Centre s proposal for amendments in the agri laws in a letter and asked the Centre to stop holding parallel talks with other farmers bodies FP Staff December 16, 2020 23:08:10 IST File image of farmers shouting slogans during their protest against the new farm laws. PTI
As the farmers protest against the Centre’s contentious farm laws continued for the 21st day on Wednesday, a Sikh preacher supporting their agitation allegedly died by suicide near the the Kundli border in Delhi.
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Farmers Protest: BJP MP Sunny Deol Gets Y-Category Security
The 64-year-old will get Y-category security, which comprises of 11 personnel including two commandos and policemen PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2020-12-16T13:53:10+05:30 Farmers Protest: BJP MP Sunny Deol Gets Y-Category Security outlookindia.com 2020-12-16T15:21:17+05:30
BJP MP and actor Sunny Deol have been given more security after he spoke out in support of the government over the new farm laws, NDTV reported.
The 64-year-old will get Y-category security, which comprises of 11 personnel. This includes two commandos and policemen. The security upgradation comes in light of unrest by protesting farmers on connecting highways in Delhi.