Rakesh Tikait (C) along with Balbir Singh Rajewal (L) and Darshan Pal
GHAZIABAD: For the first time since the farmers’ agitation began in the last week of November, four Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders turned up together on Saturday at UP Gate and shared the dais with Rakesh Tikait. The timing of the visit, not to mention its optics, was significant because it happened within a day of Tikait upholding the primacy of the SKM at a mahapanchayat in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh.
Tikait’s influence and stature in the farm agitation have grown considerably after he lifted the protest from the Republic Day tractor parade debacle. But his October 2 deadline to the Centre to repeal the three new farming laws also raised eyebrows in SKM, which had distanced itself from any such deadline. At Bahadurgarh, Tikait clarified there was no deadline and the agitation would continue indefinitely till the laws are repealed. He also said the Singhu border, where the SKM has its base, will continue t
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Won’t relent till our demands for repeal of laws are met, say farmer unions
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Won’t relent till our demands for repeal of laws are met, say farmer unions
With protesters on Delhi borders being pressured to vacate dharna sites, farmer outfits in Punjab and Haryana have started mobilising fresh batches to reach the locations to ensure that the agitation does not fizzle out.
Rakesh Bains, spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Chaduni), in Haryana told
The Hindu that the government was trying to scuttle the agitation.
“Farmers across Haryana have decided to firmly stand against the government. Several villages in Haryana have decided to send tractor-trolleys loaded with people to the protest sites. In the next two-three days, the number of protesters will swell at the Delhi borders when tens of thousands of people will reach the borders. We will not relent till our demands are met,” he said.
Updated Jan 27, 2021 · 01:50 pm A file photo of actor Deep Sidhu. | Facebook/DeepSidhu
Several farmers’ bodies have blamed actor Deep Sidhu and gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana for the violence at Red Fort. Deviating from the official route for the tractor rally in Delhi, a section of the protesting farmers gathered at the Red Fort and hoisted flags on the monument on Tuesday afternoon.
Sidhu conducted a Facebook Live from the site, where he is seen standing with the protestors. Another video shows other protesting farmers chasing him away, accusing him of damaging their cause.
The 36-year-old actor was the election agent of Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Sunny Deol in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He has been attempting to take a leadership role in the protest movement and many farmer leaders are opposed to him, reported
Dilli Chalo | Stopped from going to Delhi, farmers block Jaipur highway
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Leaders to hold hunger strikes at various sites on December 14.
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More farmers joined the ongoing protest at Singhu border in New Delhi on December 13, 2020.
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Leaders to hold hunger strikes at various sites on December 14.
Hundreds of farmers from Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and several other States, including Maharashtra and Gujarat, staged a sit-in on the the Delhi-Jaipur Highway blocking the carriageway towards the national Capital after they were stopped by the Haryana Police at the border with Rajasthan on December 13.