The Annadaata’s might prove a point
The farmers’ peaceful protest demanding repeal of the farm laws began on November 26 2020, Constitution Day, non-violently overcoming physical and political obstacles, to encamp at the gates of Delhi.
The repeal-the-farm-laws “ball” served to government by the farmers, was tossed into the Supreme Court by government. Without hearing pending petitions questioning the constitutional validity of the farm laws, the Supreme Court, publicly disappointed with government’s handling of the matter, suspended the farm laws and appointed a committee to look into the farmers’ grievances and resolve the farmers-government deadlock. The Supreme Court appears to have assumed a mediating role, encouraging the two parties to amicably settle-out-of-court, as a counsellor might do in a marital dispute marked by mistrust.
Kisan Parade - Tractors Reach Delhi Borders in the 1000s, Music and Bonhomie Lace Determination Farmers Embrace All
The mobilization for the farmers’ tractor march scheduled for January 26 has reached a scale where numbers now cease to matter. While the pliant media in all its servility has chosen to ignore the congregation on the borders of the national capital and is still trying to project that this is a movement confined to Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, the facts are to the contrary.
There are reports pouring in from state after state of the massive sit-ins or the dharnas that the farmers have been resorting to outside the Raj Bhawans over there.
TRS asked to demonstrate its commitment towards farmers’ cause Hailing the Kerala government for passing a unanimous resolution against the Centre’s new farm laws, the CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat demanded that the TRS government in Telangana pass a similar resolution against the “anti-farmer” laws in the State Assembly to demonstrate its commitment towards farmers cause.
Addressing a seminar on ‘CAA, NRC – Three Farm Laws – Challenges Faced by People’ organised by the CPI (M) district committee here on Monday night, she said the CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala was the first State government in the country to adopt a unanimous resolution against the “pro-corporate” farm laws to protect the interests of farmers. “If the TRS dispensation is opposing the Centre’s farm laws, it should show its sincerity by passing a resolution by following the example of Kerala government,” she said.
About 25,000 Tractors From UP, Uttarakhand To Arrive For Kisan Parade On Republic Day: Rakesh Tikait
Farmers Protest: The tractor parade will start from the Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri border points of Delhi, but the final details of routes are yet to be finalised. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-24T12:13:35+05:30 About 25,000 Tractors From UP, Uttarakhand To Arrive For Kisan Parade On Republic Day: Rakesh Tikait outlookindia.com 2021-01-24T13:19:31+05:30
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A huge number of tractors from across the country will participate in the tractor rally on January 26.
Around 25,000 tractors from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will participate in the kisan parade in the national capital on January 26, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said on Saturday.