Farmers vs locals at Singhu, Tikri borders; more protesters to join stir at Ghazipur | Key points
From locals clashing with protesting farmers at Singhu and Tikri borders to thousands of farmers from Muzaffarnagar gearing up to proceed towards Ghazipur border, here s all the latest in the farmers agitation against Centre s farm laws:
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UPDATED: January 30, 2021 00:39 IST
A farmer during the ongoing agitaiton against Centre s farm laws at Ghazipur border. (Photo: PTI)
A day after the farmers protests at Delhi borders seemed to be thinning out amid heavy security deployment, thousands of farmers gathered at Uttar Pradesh s Muzaffarnagar in a show of strength, extending support to their counterparts at the Delhi-UP Ghazipur border.
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BKU leader Rakesh Tikait says will continue with sit-in protest ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 21:07 IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Accusing the Central government of hatching a conspiracy against farmers, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the farmers will not call off their sit-in protest against the agricultural reform laws until they hold discussions with the government. We will continue our sit-in protest and will not vacate site till talks with the government are held. The administration has removed basic facilities including water and electricity supply. We will get water from our villages, Tikait told mediapersons here.
A civil right activist holds placards during a demonstration condemning the passing of laws against Love Jihad by various state governments, Bangalore, India, December 1, 2020. [Manjunath Kiran/AFP]
On January 6, the Supreme Court of India declined to stay controversial laws recently enacted in several states to tackle “love jihad” – a baseless conspiracy theory accusing Muslim men of luring Hindu women into marriage with the aim of forcefully converting them to Islam.
Such laws are currently in place in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh. Other states, such as Haryana and Karnataka, have also announced their intention to introduce similar legislation.
No Proof Against Muslim Man Accused In Forced Conversion Case, UP Admits No Proof Against Muslim Man Accused In Forced Conversion Case, UP Admits In the last hearing, the High Court had said there was no evidence placed before it yet that any force or coercive process is being adopted by Nadeem.
Allahabad High Court posted the case for a fresh hearing on January 15
Lucknow:
There is no evidence against a Muslim man who was among the first in Uttar Pradesh to be charged under a controversial new law against forced conversions, the Yogi Adityanath government told the Allahabad High Court today.