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Patiala: Women farmers travel in a tractor towards the national capital, ahead of their planned Women s Day celebration, during the ongoing agitation against Centre s farm reform laws, in Patiala, Friday, March 5, 2021.
Thousands of women, farmers, students and activists are set to take over key roles at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur protest sites at Delhi s borders on International Women s Day today. Noting that women contribute significantly to the countryâs farming sector, the organisers have laid out elaborate plans to let women farmers take center stage and all the space under the sky to acknowledge the âbig but unrecognisedâ part of the farming community. Thousands of women farmers especially from Punjab and Haryana will congregate at Delhiâs borders on Monday and the day will be entirely dedicated to women farmers, activists and students, farmer leaders said.
After 100 days of protest, farmers reiterate agri laws must be repealed
Protesting farmers Saturday blocked the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway to mark the completion of 100 days
Saturday March 6, 2021 3:22 PM, IANS
New Delhi: On completion of 100 days of the farmers stir, Punjab s Balbir Singh Rajewal on Saturday said the farmers are ready for the next round of dialogue with the Central government, but they will not accept the three contentious farm laws with modifications.
Speaking from the Western Peripheral Expressway in Kundli in Haryana, where the farmers organised a blockade from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in a bid to intensify their protest, Rajewal said this protest is just a symbolic one against the government on these farm laws and it will become bigger .
Farmers Protest: Farmers To Block KMP Expressway On March 6, Says SKM Leader
Farmers protesting at three different Delhi border points have been asked to block the KMP Expressway from 11 am to 5 pm on March 6 PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-01T21:29:06+05:30 Farmers Protest: Farmers To Block KMP Expressway On March 6, Says SKM Leader outlookindia.com 2021-03-01T21:47:52+05:30
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The farmers protesting against the three contentious agriculture laws passed by the central government shall block the Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway on March 6, announced a Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader.
Farmers camping at three Delhi border points have been instructed to block the KMP Expressway from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday, said Balbir Singh Rajewal.
Farmers protest: Rakesh Tikait to hold Kisan Mahapanchayat in Saharanpur today
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Amid the ongoing farmers protest against the three contentious farm laws, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait will hold a Kisan Mahapanchayat at Lakhnaur in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
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ANI, a company of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and personnel from at least four police stations have been deployed to maintain law and order in the state during the gathering.
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Farmers Protest: Rakesh Tikait will begin the tour from March 1, the office-bearer said.
Ghaziabad:
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait will be touring five states in March to drum up support for the ongoing farmers protest against Centre s new agriculture laws, a Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) office-bearer said on Saturday.
Mr Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers protest, will begin the tour from March 1, the office-bearer said. Farmers meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, while two meetings will also be held in Uttar Pradesh in March, BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said.