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Kerala farmers pour into protest site at Ghazipur border
By IANS |
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Sun, Mar 7 2021 22:27 IST |
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Kerala farmers pour into protest site at Ghazipur borderi Image Source: IANS News
Ghazipur, March 7 : Crowds swelled at the Ghazipur border on Sunday as scores of farmers from Kerala joined the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members who have stayed put on the protest site demanding repeal of the Centre s new farm laws.
The peasants marked their agitation in a unique way, celebrating the Kerala Day, playing chenda and taking out a march in a traditional manner, that adorned a new look to the site.
Thousands of farmers from the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh have been camping out against the three farm laws passed by the Indian parliament last.
Farmers agitation will continue till three farm laws are withdrawn: Rakesh Tikait
India
Published: Sunday, March 7, 2021, 11:26 [IST]
Muzaffarnagar, Mar 07: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has said their agitation will continue till the three contentious agriculture laws are withdrawn. He was speaking in Ramrajn town here to mark the completion of 100 days of farmers protests at the Delhi borders against the central farm legislations.
The farmers are demanding a complete withdrawal of the three farm laws and the agitation will continue till the government meets our demands, Tikiat said on Saturday.
On the occasion, he flagged off a tractors rally, which, he said, will travel across across districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and will reach farmers protest site in Ghazipur on March 27.
Published: Saturday, March 6, 2021, 20:24 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 06: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said the government is ready to amend three new farm laws to respect the sentiments of protesting farmers, even as he attacked opposition parties for doing politics on this issue at the cost of agriculture economy and by hurting farmers interest.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
Addressing the 5th national convention of Agrivision here, the Union minister said the government has held 11 rounds of talks with farmer unions and has even offered to amend these laws.
Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, are protesting at Delhi borders for over three months, seeking a repeal of these three legislations and a legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP).