NHRC notice to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana on alleged flouting of COVID norms by protesting farmers
Protesting farmers have been camping at Tikri and Singhu, and Ghazipur since November, demanding the scrapping of the three central farm laws.
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NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments over allegations of flouting of COVID safety norms by farmers protesting at the borders against the farm laws.
It has asked then to file within four weeks action taken reports regarding the steps taken to control the spread of COVID-19 infection at the protest sites.
India News: NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments over allegations of flou.
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Diljit Dosanjh has been backing famers protest near Delhi borders.
New Delhi:
Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh today slammed those criticising farmers protest near Delhi borders after pizzas were distributed among demonstrators last week.
The 36-year-old Udta Punjab actor, who has been backing the biggest farmers agitation in years, today tweeted a picture that read: Farmers consuming poison was never a concern but farmers eating pizza is news.
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Last week, hundreds of pizzas were distributed at Singhu on Delhi-Haryana border among protesters who have been camping against the government s controversial agricultural laws. The farmers who gave the dough for pizzas can also afford to have one themselves, Shanbir Singh Sandhu, who organised the feast with his four friends, was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.