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New Delhi/Chandigarh/Jaipur, October 18
Farmers squatted on rail tracks at several places on Monday morning as part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s six-hour ‘rail roko’ protest
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Sputnik International
Protests by farmers and their supporters against the agri-marketing laws were by and large peaceful in states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
In Karnataka, there were tractors rallies of varying size in support of the protest in Delhi. Members of some 50 outfits participated in a demonstration in Bengaluru that involved 125 tractors and other vehicles under the Aikhya (United) Forum. There were a few reports of minor skirmishes with the police from other parts of the state, while some farmers’ groups threatened to intensify the agitation on the lines of the Delhi stir if the Centre failed to withdraw the laws. Over 5,000 tractors headed towards Bengaluru were stopped. Federation of Farmers’ Associations Kurubur Shanthkumar warned of a larger agitation. “ In Telangana, hundreds of people chanting “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” hit the streets in Hyderabad. Organised by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, the rally comprised participants from the Left par