JALANDHAR/BATHINDA/PATIALA: The ‘Dilli Chalo’ move by farm groups is attracting farmers and non-farmers alike in Punjab. It is gathering pace even over 20 days since the protest began despite the December chill and deaths of some of the protesters. Farm union leaders said they have been going by a ‘one person from one family’ policy, but people have been flocking to Delhi on their own too.
On Tuesday, widows of farmers who committed suicide due to debt or other agriculture-related issues, left for Delhi’s Tikri border carrying photographs of their deceased family members. They will stay for some days in the pandals of farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan). District and tehsil units were asked to prepare lists of farm suicide-hit families, asking them to keep information ready on when the farmer committed suicide, the reason and how he took his life. If debt was the reason, families have been asked to collect details of the debt amount, landholding of the family, and whethe
Kin of farmers who committed suicide leave for Tikri border
JALANDHAR/BATHINDA: The farm groups’ ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest against the three central farm laws appears to attracting farmers and non-farmers alike in Punjab. It is gathering pace even over 20 days after its start and despite the December chill and some protesters’ deaths. Farm union leaders said they have been going by ‘one person from one family policy’, but people have been flocking to Delhi on their own.
On Tuesday, widows of farmers who committed suicide due to debt or other agriculture-related issues, left for Delhi’s Tikri border to highlight the agrarian crisis, carrying photographs of their deceased family members. They will stay for some days in the pandals of farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan). District and tehsil units were asked to prepare lists of farm suicide-hit families, asking the families to get ready with details like when the farmer had committed suicide, the reason and way of committin
It s Time We Speak up For Each Other : Farmers Group Supports Political Prisoners We are confronting a prime minister who is behaving like an exploitative king. All these activists and intellectuals have been arrested on false charges merely because they highlighted the plight of the poor, said the head of BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan).
Farmers in solidarity with incarcerated activists. Photo: Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
Rights11/Dec/2020
Bahadurgarh (Haryana): A day after farmers’ unions rejected an elaborate proposal by the Union government to address multiple concerns related to the three contentious farm laws, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), the biggest group among the 32 organisations, marked Human Rights Day by demanding the release of several democratic rights activists and intellectuals who are lodged in prison.