Harinder Kaur Bindu, whose father Megh Raj Bhagtuana was killed by alleged Babbar Khalsa International militants in 1991, now leads protests against the new farm regime at Tikri as head of the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan).
The Jamhoori Kisan Sabha is one of the main groups at the Singhu protest. Its president Kulwant Singh Sandhu, who was part of the failed talks with the Centre, was shot in the leg and back in an ambush by suspected Khalistan Commando Force members in 1988.
Sonia Mann, a film star in south India and Punjab, has been a regular visitor to the protests and to Tihar jail where several peasants have been imprisoned following the violence during the farmers’ January 26 march in Delhi. Mann’s father Baldev Singh Mann was assassinated by suspected separatists in 1990 while he was travelling to see her for the first time, just 15 days after her birth.
Being a purely religious body, by getting involved into the farmers agitation, which comprises farmers from all religions and castes, the SGPC is going completely against the mandate given to it under The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 and Punjab Act 8 of 1925 .
On International Women’s Day, women from Punjab reached Tikri on Delhi-Haryana border on to join the ongoing farmers’ protest. A protestor said, “We urge the Central Government to roll back the three black laws.” Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.International Women’s Day: Women take helm of Farmers protest at Tikri Border
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Sirsa on February 22 Farmers divided into two factions about the venue jagran.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jagran.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Farmer Protest: 1,00,000 tractors to be lined up in show of strength
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Farmer union leader Kulwant Sandhu said the unions have issued an appeal in Punjab and Haryana that “no tractor or youngster should remain at home and should come to Delhi by January 24”.
According to intelligence reports available with the Centre, up to 150,000 tractors are being readied to enter Delhi on January 26.
New Delhi: Farmer unions said they are planning a historic mega tractor march on Republic Day, with more than 100,000 tractors expected to enter Delhi and drive nearly 50 kilometres on Outer Ring Road, including crossing Rajghat.