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They fear the laws could shrink employment and raise prices. Feb 17, 2021 · 06:30 am Farmers block a road in Punjab s Bathinda during the nationwide chakka jam demonstration on Saturday, February 6. | PTI
For 32-year-old Goldie, a tailor from Sri Muktsar Sahib district in Punjab, the slogan ‘Kisan Mazdoor Ekta’ – farmer-worker unity – rings true. “No one asks me if I am a Dalit,” he said. “Everyone eats together. It is a milestone for us.”
Goldie has been camping in Tikri village on the Delhi-Haryana border since November. It is one of the three sites on the doorstep of India’s capital where thousands of farmers have been protesting against the Modi government’s three farm laws, which they fear they will open the doors to corporate dominance of the agricultural sector and undermine their livelihoods.
Rail Roko Tomorrow
Rail Roko Tomorrow The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of protesting farmer unions, last week had announced the rail blockade to press for its demand to repeal the legislations.
Updated: February 17, 2021 5:21 pm IST
Rail blockade will be held across the country from 12 pm to 4 pm tomorrow, farmers union SKM said (File)
New Delhi:
The railways has deployed 20 additional companies of the Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) across the country, with focus on Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in the wake of the
rail roko stir called on Thursday by farmer groups protesting against the Centre s new agri laws.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union is fighting for farmers rights and they will not return home from Delhi s borders till the new agri laws are repealed, the farm organisation s Haryana president Gurnam Singh Chaduni said on Wednesday. He also said the union will hold programmes, such as panchayats and mahapanchayats, to make the country aware that the government at the Centre is not for the people but of corporates . Farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, are protesting at Delhi s borders against the legislations since November 28 last year and demanding these be repealed. We are fighting for the rights of farmers and they will not return home till they win, and time does not matter in this struggle, Chaduni, who was on his way to Moradabad for a mahapanchayat, told reporters in Uttar Pradesh s Gelua village.
Railways Deploys Additional RPSF Companies Ahead Of Rail-Roko Andolan
The SKM had said that the rail blockade will be held across the country from 12pm to 4pm. Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-17T17:43:29+05:30 Railways Deploys Additional RPSF Companies Ahead Of Rail-Roko Andolan outlookindia.com 2021-02-17T22:22:49+05:30
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The railways have deployed 20 additional companies of the RPSF across the country, with a focus on Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, in the wake of the rail roko called on Thursday by farmer unions protesting against the Centre s new agriculture laws.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of protesting farmer unions that is leading the protest, last week had announced the rail blockade to press for its demand to repeal the opposed bills.