Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 06:01 IST
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday had said that the ‘Rail Roko Andolan’ will be held from 12 pm to 4 pm across India today. Protesting farmers block railway tracks in Amritsar last year during the agitation against Centre s agriculture laws. | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) will on Thursday carry out a nationwide ‘rail roko’ agitation in protest against the Centre’s three contentious agriculture laws for which farmers across north India have been on a dharna in the national capital of Delhi.
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday had said that the ‘Rail Roko Andolan’ will be held from 12 pm to 4 pm across India today.
As protest against the Farm Laws continues, farmers have now decided on a “Rail Roko” rally. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) are now holding their Rail rook rally as a protest against the three contentious agriculture laws. For many months now, the farmers have been protesting against the three farm laws. After the “Republic Day Tractor
Entry, Exit At 4 Delhi Metros Shut Due To Farmers Rail Roko Agitation Entry, Exit At 4 Delhi Metros Shut Due To Farmers Rail Roko Agitation The Tikri Border metro station is near the site where the farmers are protesting against three new agriculture laws of the Centre.
Delhi Metro tweeted to inform the commuters about the closure of entry and exit. (File)
New Delhi:
Entry and exit at four metro stations, including at the Tikri border, one of the epicentres of the farmers agitation, were shut by the DMRC authorities for nearly four hours on Thursday in view of the security situation due to a rail blockade called by the protesters.
Farmers gear up for Rail Roko on Feb 18, railways deploys additional RPSF companies
In the wake of rail roko , the railways has deployed 20 additional companies of the RPSF across the country.
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Updated: Feb 18, 2021, 01:30 AM IST
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday announced that the farmer groups protesting against the Centre s new farm laws will be holding a rail roko (railway blockade) across the country on Thursday. The protest will be staged from 12 pm to 4 pm.
A release issued by Northern Railway said that due to the farmers agitation in Punjab, the Darbhanga-Amritsar Express special train, which was to start on Wednesday, will remain cancelled.