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Ranchi: The railway divisions operating in Jharkhand are staring at four hours of disruption in passenger, express and freight train movements as farmer unions of the state gear up for their planned 'rail rokko' stir against the new farm laws on Thursday. The protesting farmer unions on Tuesday announced that they are planning to hold up railway traffic in at least 20 spots in key routes spanning the Grand Chord, main and loop lines passing through the state. Meanwhile, the divisions are trying to negotiate with the protesters but braced for the disruptions by readying their special police force units and government railway police personnel besides ramping up patrolling along the tracks.
JRKSSS also announced that it will join the nationwide rail rokko stir called by farm unions across the country on February 18 RANCHI: The Jharkhand Rajya Kisan Sangharsh Samanway Samiti (JRKSSS), an umbrella organization of farmers’ bodies in the state, on Sunday paid tribute to the farmers who lost lives recently while protesting against the three new farm laws on the second anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack. JRKSSS also announced that it will join the nationwide rail rokko stir called by farm unions across the country on February 18. Earlier on Saturday, the samiti held its maiden mahapanchayat at the Rahe block here on the lines of the congregations held in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to mobilise farmers against the farm laws.
JRKSSS held a kisan mahapanchayat RANCHI: Jharkhand Rajya Kisan Sangharsh Samanvaya Samiti (JRKSSS), an umbrella organisation of farmer bodies, on Saturday held a kisan mahapanchayat here while Congress took out ‘padyatras’ across the state to demand the withdrawal of three farm laws passed by the Centre. Speaking at the mahapanchayat at Rahe, state convenor of JRKSSS, Sufal Mahto, said, “The farm laws are a death warrant for the farmers and our agitation will continue till they are withdrawn. The Centre’s approach towards the agitation is suppressive from the very beginning.” General secretary of the Jharkhand Rajya Kisan Sabha, Surjeet Sinha, claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government wants the destruction of the farmers’ community.
Ranchi: JMM on Friday said it will hit the national highways in the state to support Saturday’s three-hour nation-wide ‘chakka jam’ call by pro-farmer groups demanding rollback of the farm laws. The party also pledged to rally strongly behind all future protests and demonstrations. Addressing the media, the party’s general secretary, Supriyo Bhattacharya, said, “We had vehemently opposed the farm bills which were brought in through an ordinance last year and passed in Parliament. On Saturday, our leaders and party workers will stand shoulder to shoulder with the farmers when they carry out their ‘chakka jam’ on the national highways.”
Ranchi: Chief minister Hemant Soren criticised the Union government on Wednesday for trying to prevent protesting farmers from congregating along the .
Farmers, particularly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have made an appeal to their counterparts across the country to take part in the show of strength seeking revocation of the three farm laws of the Centre RANCHI: Farmers from Jharkhand will not take part in the tractor rally taken out by their counterparts from across the country on the Outer Ring Road in Delhi on Republic Day despite an appeal from the agitators. However, political parties and their affiliated farm bodies have decided to hold tractor and motorcycle rallies in the city on Tuesday. Farmers, particularly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have made an appealed to take part in the voluntary show of strength to revoke the three farm laws of the Centre.
RANCHI: Various trade unions, farmers’ organisations and political parties, including CPM, on Sunday beat utensils, drums and clapped in Albert Ekka Chowk here in protest against the Centre’s farm laws and a symbolic gesture to prevent people from listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Besides political parties and other organisations, several artistes, including painters, recited poems and drew sketches, in support of the farmers agitating near the Delhi border. Organisations like Kisan Sabha, All India Trade Union Congress, All India Students Federation and All India Students’ Association also took part in the protest. CPM state secretariat member Prakash Viplav said, “We shouted slogans like ‘had enough of Mann Ki Baat, now we want kaam ki baat’.”