“Write 'Tractor Kranti 2021, 26 January' on your tractors. Wherever you will go, you will be respected. We have a target of 40 lakh tractors,” Rakesh Tikait said
Ahead of the nationwide ‘chakka jam’ called by the farmer unions protesting the Centre’s new agri laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on February 6 said the peaceful ‘satyagraha’ of the ‘annadatas’ is
“If we [the BJP government] had the powers of Hanuman, we would have split our hearts open to show what lies there for farmers,” the Chief Minister said.
Farmers’ protests | Farmers block roads, toll plazas to protest against farm laws
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Three-hour “chakka jam” hits Punjab, Haryana most; scattered impact in other States
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Farmers block a road during their ‘chakka jam’ protest in Bathinda on February 6, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Three-hour “chakka jam” hits Punjab, Haryana most; scattered impact in other States
The three-hour “chakka jam” or road blockade protest called by farm unions on Saturday went off smoothly, despite about 60 people being detained at a solidarity protest site within Delhi. There were also reports from some unions of detentions at Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka. With fears of Republic Day-style chaos and violence looming in the background, security forces had stepped up deployment within the capital, and farm unions called off protests in U.P. and Uttarakhand.