Iqbal Singh Chahal, Municipal Commissioner and Administrator of Brihanmumbai, Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra and Prof Gagandeep Kang (FRS), Department of Gastrointestinal Science at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, will be awarded the with honoris causa degrees in the Golden J
Chorus on ground: Dhakka from Delhi won’t work, protest now has life of its own
The Indian Express found in a week-long journey through villages and cities across Punjab’s three regions that the image of the un-seeing Centre is compounded by the spate of name-calling. Written by Vandita Mishra | Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana | Updated: December 23, 2020 3:13:02 pm
“Nobody is a leader in these protests, everyone has minus-ed themselves and the farmer has taken centrestage.” (Express)
There must have been a moment, a point in the ongoing agitation led by Punjab farmers, when a line was crossed. When men and women began talking less about the three Central farm laws that sparked small dharnas at petrol pumps and toll plazas across the state and more about those who started travelling to Delhi’s doorstep to huddle together in the cold.