During a Cabinet meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Kalyan Marg residence in New Delhi today, one comprehensive "repeal bill" will be brought in for a rollback of the three farm bills.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has vowed to intensify 'rail roko' till the government acts against the perpetrators of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and justice is served to the victims.
Rakesh Tikait, Medha Patkar Share Stage in Nandigram, Ask People to Defeat BJP
The region has attained extra significance after Mamata Banerjee relinquished her Bhowanipore constituency to face-off against BJP s Suvendu Adhikari.
Rakesh Tikait, Medha Patkar and other leaders in Kolkata on March 13, 2021. Photo: Himadri Ghosh
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Nandigram: Amid a political slugfest between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP over chief minister Mamata Banerjee getting injured last week in Nandigram, farm leader Rakesh Tikait, along with noted social activist Medha Patkar and many others addressed a mahapanchayat at the same venue on Saturday.
One overarching message given by the leaders under the umbrella organisation Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the protest at Delhiâs borders against the Centreâs farm laws, is âDefeat BJP. Donât vote for the BJP.â
DNA Special: How farmers protest has been hijacked by political opportunists, Khalistanis
Whenever a movement deviates from its purpose or is hijacked by anti-social elements, the Opposition takes advantage of such a situation.
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Updated: Jan 30, 2021, 06:31 AM IST
Since Thursday night, Ghazipur border (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border) has become the centrestage of the farmers agitation. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who is spearheading the movement, had on Thursday that the agitation wouldn t ened, no matter what. Tension at the border has increased even as the Ghaziabad administration is trying to remove the farmers from the protest site.
Hundreds of farmers gathered at a Muzaffarnagar town on Friday for the Mahapanchayat in support of the BKU-led protest at the Ghazipur border. The farmers at the Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar have decided that they will begin proceeding towards the Ghazipur border to support and strengthen the farmers movement the
Stalemate over farm laws continues, next meeting on January 19
Rakesh Tikait said, Our demand will remain the same and we will not go to the committee formed by the SC, but continue to hold talks with the govt. Farmers leaders during the 9th round of meeting with the government at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)
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Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 09:16 PM IST
The ninth round of talks between the government and the agitating farmers ended inconclusively on Friday. The next round of meeting has been scheduled for January 19. The meeting of the farmer leaders with the government, which started at 12 noon on Friday and went on for around five hours, over the three contentious farm laws and the demand for minimum support price (MSP) ended in a stalemate.