Kisan Diwas 2020: A timeline of farmers protest in the year of the pandemic Updated Dec 23, 2020 | 06:11 IST
Since the farmers reached New Delhi with their demands for repeal of three farms laws, the Centre and farmers unions continue to engage in talks to find a solution of the issue. On November 5, a nationwide ‘Chakka jam’ was organised. (File image) | Photo Credit: PTI
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On November 5, a nationwide ‘Chakka jam’ was organised
New Delhi: As the nation observes Kisan Diwas 2020 or the National Farmers Day, lakhs of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, UP and other states continue their protests against the three farm laws passed by the Centre.
Farmers’ unions to stage 24-hr relay hunger strike
Published : Dec 21, 2020, 10:47 am IST
Updated : Dec 21, 2020, 11:17 am IST
The farmers’ leaders refused to budge and said they would intensify their stir if their demands are not immediately met
Farmers during their Delhi Chalo protest march against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, December 6 (PTI/Manvender Vashist)
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing impasse between the farmers and the Centre, the farmers’ unions have announced a 24-hour relay hunger strike on Monday across all protest sites. The unions also decided to block toll collections at highways in Haryana for three days from December 25. They have issued a call to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Mann ki Baat” programme to be relayed next Sunday, November 27.
Farmers Protest: BKU Union president Joginder Ugrahan said their group is not taking help from Arthiyas.
Chandigarh:
One of the leading farmers groups playing a big role in the protests has been accused of accepting foreign funds without proper clearances. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) the largest and most dominant in Punjab with a huge follower base has been issued warning by a bank and told to get mandatory registration.
Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan, the general secretary of the group, has said he was called by the officials of Punjab and Sindh bank in Punjab s Moga district and told about a mail from the forex department.
Reading Ambedkar: Why protesting farmers were right to demand the release of jailed activists
Fraternity, he wrote, is the only real safeguard against the denial of liberty or equality. Farmers protest against the new farm laws at Singhu border near Delhi. | Anushree Fadnavis/ Reuters
आदमी की दर्दभरी गहरी पुकार सुन
जो दौड़ पड़ता है आदमी है वह भी
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Listening to the intense anguished cry of a human being
One who rushes is a human too
You are a human being and I too am a human being.
This is Muktibodh. Humanness, according to the poet, is the ability to respond to the call of another human being. There has been an unending debate about Muktibodh’s quest for an authentic self. But most of all, Muktibodh is a poet of yearning for a human touch and for solidarities. A poet whose verse addresses a sahchar mitra – a co-travelling friend. Constant movement, to b
Priest Shoots Himself in Support of Farmers, Gives New Dimension to Protest Priest Shoots Himself in Support of Farmers, Gives New Dimension to Protest
A 65 year old Sikh priest shot himself dead as he was unable to see the pain of the farmers, with his letter now being circulated widely amongst the agitating peasantry in the states and at Delhi’s borders.
Reports suggest that Sant Baba Ram Singh Nanaksar Singhrawale in Karnal shot himself in his car near Kundli border which is just a couple of kilometers from the epicenter of the farm protests. He had allegedly gone to the protest site along with some of his followers to mark his support fpr the farmers. Reports say that he asked his followers to move towards the protest site, asked the driver for pen and paper and went on to end his life after penning a note.