Ghazipur residents say UP police trying its best to thwart Republic Day tractor rally 25 January 2021
Farmers ride tractors during the ongoing protest against the new farm laws at Ghazipur, on the Delhi–Uttar Pradesh border, on 22 January 2021. Even though the Delhi Police has approved the tractor rally scheduled in the capital for 26 January to protest the three new farm laws, the Uttar Pradesh Police appears to be deterring the state’s residents from participating in it. Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times
Farmers ride tractors during the ongoing protest against the new farm laws at Ghazipur, on the Delhi–Uttar Pradesh border, on 22 January 2021. Even though the Delhi Police has approved the tractor rally scheduled in the capital for 26 January to protest the three new farm laws, the Uttar Pradesh Police appears to be deterring the state’s residents from participating in it.
Farmers can ask what they want besides withdrawal of farm laws, says Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said the farmers can tell government what they want besides withdrawal of the farm laws .
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar (Photo: PTI)
The government on Sunday stood by it s stand that it will not repeal the new farm laws and urged the protesting farmers to hold a clause-by-clause discussion on the agricultural reform in the next round of meeting January 19.
This comes after the government and protesting farmers on Friday held ninth round of talks on the farm laws but could not reach a decisive stage and later agreed to meet on January 19. The government had then asked farmer unions to form an informal group among themselves and prepare concrete proposals that will be taken up for discussion in the next meeting. The Supreme Court on January 12 had stayed the implementation of the farm law
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Kisan Sangharsh Samiti on Sunday stated that allegations that farmers would roll out tractors in the national capital on Republic Day are baseless and clarified that no such programme has been finalised by the samiti yet.
Updated Jan 17, 2021 | 13:00 IST
This agitation is against policies of the government and not against Delhi, Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Haryana convenor Mandip Nathwan said. Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Haryana convenor Mandip Nathwan
New Delhi: Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Haryana convenor Mandip Nathwan on Sunday dispelled rumours that farmers protesting against the new farm laws would unfurl the Tricolour at Red Fort and that tractors and tanks would roll together on Republic Day. It s being said that farmers would unfurl tricolour at Red Fort and tractors and tanks would roll together (on January 26). No such programme has been finalised by the Morcha. Such statements are not in interests of farmers, he said.
Interview | No Politics Involved in Farmers Protests : Rajasthan AIKS Leader Amra Ram The government says it wants to eliminate middlemen in selling farm produce, then why make way for capitalists like Ambani and Adani? the farmers leader said.
All India Kisan Sabha vice president and former Rajasthan MLA Amra Ram. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.
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Jaipur: To extend support to the farmers’ stir in Delhi, farmers from Rajasthan are staging protests at Jaisinghpur Khera, near Shahjahanpur in Alwar district, at the Rajasthan-Haryana border, under the leadership of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS).
Kisan Mahapanchayat and Kisan Sangharsh Samiti are among several farmers’ groups actively participating in the protests in Rajasthan. Protestors, mostly farmers across the state, have blocked roads, tolls, and burnt effigies of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to register their opposition against the farm laws.