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Tractors, trucks block India's roads as farm protests widen

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The protesting farmers on Saturday blocked roads and highways across India as part of a new attempt under the ‘Chakka Jam’ to pressurize the New Delhi regime to repeal the controversial agriculture laws.

‘Farmers Unite Against Repression, Protests Cross Caste and Religion Boundaries’ AIKS chief Dhawale writes In the wake of the sponsored conspiracy of violence on Republic Day,the Modi regime has begun a massive crackdown on the historic farmers’ struggle, which will soon complete 75 days. The government and its police have now turned the three farmers’ protest sites at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur into open jails. The ‘annadatas’ of our country are being treated as foreign invaders. No other central government in independent India has ever done this near the national capital itself...

Feb 02, 2021, 12:27 PM IST NEW DELHI: Farmer unions on Monday (February 2) announced a countrywide 'chakka jam' on February 6 when they would block national and state highways for three hours in protest against the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites, harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities and other issues. Union leaders told a press conference at the Singhu Border, on the Haryana side, that they will block the roads between 12 pm to 3 pm on February 6. They also alleged that farmers have been "ignored" in the Union Budget 2021-22, and water and power supply have ...