Delhi Police officials approved the use of the algorithms for identifying participants in investigating the Kisan Rally at the Red Fort and the Jahangir Puri riots
Congress president Rahul Gandhi held a Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp Rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur to mark the first anniversary of the farmers’ killings during a protest on June 6, 2017.
Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 14:58 IST
An agitation for the roll back of farm laws is increasingly being exploited to serve a multitude of disparate purposes. Jat farmers protesting at the Ghazipur border | Photo Credit: BCCL
In a renewed endeavour to wrench back the spotlight on themselves, agitating farmers are holding Rail Roko to infuse greater vigour into their movement. A Mahapanchayat of farmers is also being organised at Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
Considering the acute politicisation of the first extremely prolonged farmers’ sit-in on Delhi borders, the movement has grown out of its initial intended avatar of protesting the three farms laws that the Centre had enacted through the ordinance route.
This Day, That Year: Farmers were protesting in 1981 as well, issues were little different
February 17, 1981 lakhs of farmers from Delhi along with farmers from all over the country, mainly from neighbouring states gathered in the capital. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: Feb 17, 2021, 05:28 PM IST
As the farmers agitation enters Day 83, we go down the memory lane when Delhi witnessed a similar protest some 40 years ago. On February 17, 1981 lakhs of farmers from Delhi along with farmers from all over the country, mainly from neighbouring states gathered in the national capital. The gathering virtually paralysed normal life in the city.
February 17, 1981 Boat rally