Tag: Farmers
Punjab Congress MPs Wear Black Gowns To Protest Against Farm Laws
Punjab Congress MPs Jasbir Singh Gill and Gurjit Singh Aujla wore black gowns to protest against the contentious farm laws on Budget day and held up posters proclaiming 'I am also farmer' as the farmers' protests at the Delhi borders continued into February without any breakthrough. ....
Build Bridges Not Walls: Rahul Gandhi On Farmers' Protest
Amid increased barricading of the spots where the farmers are sitting on protest at the Delhi Borders, the Congress has slammed the Centre for making such arrangements. ....
Rakesh Tikait, Farmer Leaders Fall As Stage Collapses
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait and other farmer union leaders at the Kisan Mahapanchayat in a village in Haryana's Jind district on Wednesday had a narrow escape as the stage collapsed with leaders on it. ....
Congress Moves Adjournment Motion In Lok Sabha Over Farm Laws
The Congress lawmakers on Thursday moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha over the newly enacted Central farm laws. ....
Tikait's Formula For Longevity: 1 Tractor, 15 People, 10 Days, 1 Village
The more than two-month-long farmers' agitation against the three farm laws continues on Delhi's borders. In such a scenario, Bharatiya Kisan Union national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has evolved a formula to keep the movement going: Get one tractor and 15 people for 10 days from every village. This will enable the maximum number of farmers to participate in the movement and also return to the village and engage in farming. ....
Delhi Police To Approach Google On Jan 26 Violence
Investigating the 'toolkit document' uploaded on a social media handle which the Delhi Police believe scripted the January 26 violence in the capital, the police are now writing to Google to know the IP address from where the toolkit was uploaded. ....
Chakka Jam: Farmers In Punjab, Haryana Block National, State Highways
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday put up road blockades at national and state highways at most of the places as part of a nationwide 'chakka jam' in protest against the three farm laws and demanded these be withdrawn, causing inconvenience to commuters. ....
Families Of Jawans Invited To Join Farmers' Protest
In a fresh development, the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has decided to call farmers, with pictures of their kin serving in defence and police forces, at the Ghazipur border. ....
Beware Of 'Foreign Destructive Ideology': PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the narrative against his government on the farmers' issue as he warned the country against the new FDI that now stands for "Foreign Destructive Ideology". ....
It Was 'andolanjeevis' Who Helped India Break Free Of Colonial Rule: Farmers' Body
As the protests over the new farm laws entered the 76th day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed the issue in the Rajya Sabha. The word 'andolanjeevi' (professional protesters), used by the PM, has come in for sharp criticism from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), for allegedly being derogatory to farmers. ....
