Chandigarh, January 6
The chief of a farmer outfit, which had blocked the route of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy in Ferozepur forcing it to return, on Thursday said his group was told b
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2311 Women and children ride a tractor on their way to Singhu border in Sonepat on Wednesday. PTI
Mukesh Tandon
Sonepat, February 10
Intensifying its agitation against the three agricultural laws, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Wednesday announced a nationwide ‘rail roko’ (railway blockade) from 12 noon to 4 pm on February 18.
Besides, the morcha revoked the suspension of the Azaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, led by Harpal Singh Sangha, while a decision on the suspension of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Krantikari), led by Surjeet Singh Phul, has been kept pending.
Both of them were suspended for straying from the route during the tractor parade on January 26. Farmer leaders had formed a three-member committee to inquire into the matter.
Farmers, Workers Demand Release of Dalit Woman Activist, Allege Assault by Haryana Cops Nodeep Kaur was arrested from near Singhu border
A large number of civil society and farmer organizations have come forward seeking the immediate release of a 24-year-old Dalit labour rights activist who was arrested from Kundli Industrial Area (KIA) on January 12 and also allegedly subjected to physical and sexual violence while in custody.
KIA is an area adjacent to the core protest venue of the agitating farmers’ on Singhu border with the national capital. The activists who have got together under the banner of Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) feel that the assault on Nodeep Kaur and her associates on January 12 has a lot to do with the forging of unity between the industrial workers and the agitating farmers.