After a meeting with farmer leaders from Westen Uttar Pradesh at Vidhan Sabha on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the Centre s new farm laws death warrant for farmers and said these laws will lead farming under the control of a few corporates . A detailed discussion took place with farmers from Western Uttar Pradesh over the three black laws. These laws are like a death warrant for farmers. If these laws are implemented, farming will go into the hands of a few corporates, the Cief Minister told reporters. On February 28, a grand Kisan Panchayat is going to take place in Meerut where these laws will be discussed and an appeal will be made to the Government of India to take back these laws, added Kejriwal.
Being a purely religious body, by getting involved into the farmers agitation, which comprises farmers from all religions and castes, the SGPC is going completely against the mandate given to it under The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 and Punjab Act 8 of 1925 .
On International Women’s Day, women from Punjab reached Tikri on Delhi-Haryana border on to join the ongoing farmers’ protest. A protestor said, “We urge the Central Government to roll back the three black laws.” Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.International Women’s Day: Women take helm of Farmers protest at Tikri Border
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Updated Feb 18, 2021, 1:36 pm IST
Officials stop trains at stations as a precautionary measure
Protesting farmers sit on tracks after calling for a four-hour rail blockade as they continue their protest against the central government s recent agricultural reforms, in Sonipat on February 18, 2021. (AFP)
Chandigarh: Farmers on Thursday sat on railway tracks at many places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the rail roko protest against the Centre s new agri laws, with officials stopping trains at stations as a precautionary measure.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions which is spearheading the protest, last week had announced the nationwide rail blockade to press for its demand to repeal the legislations and had said that the agitation will be from 12 pm to 4 pm.
Read more about Does govt still believe farm laws are popular: Chidambaram after Punjab win on Business Standard. After the Congress s victory in Punjab municipal elections, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked whether the Modi government still believed that farm laws are popular
Farmers say govt brazenly misusing police power; demand unconditional release of Disha Ravi
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha said that the Centre is brazenly misusing power to suppress the farmers movement. Echoing the SKM s sentiments, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee also condemned Disha Ravi s arrest
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Protesting farmers at Delhi s borders have extended their support to climate activist Disha Ravi
Protesting farmers at Delhi s borders have extended their support to 21-year-old environmental activist Disha Ravi after police arrested her for her alleged involvement in creating the toolkit shared by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is leading the agitation against new agri laws demanded the release of Disha. The SKM said that the Centre is brazenly misusing power to suppress the farmers movement. Echoing the SKM s sentiments, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) also