Farmers Protests Intensify, Phone Calls Replace Internet Kisan organisations active
The farmers struggle that got fresh impetus after clips of Rakesh Tikait in tears went viral, continues with seemingly new determination and grit.
“The general mood in the entire Punjab remains upbeat about the ongoing struggle. We are holding meetings and marches across the state,” said Kanwaljit Khanna who has been among the organizers of the farmers’ movement in the state.
“We are sending across the message to the masses that the protest is in ‘Chardi Kala (a state of absolute positivity) and more and more people should join hands and reach the protest sites,’ said Manik Goyal of Tractor2Twitter team that has been setting pro farmer narrative trends on the social media daily.
Updated Jan 30, 2021 · 01:38 pm Police fire tear gas to disperse farmers during the tractor rally in Delhi on January 26. | Sajjad Hussain//AFP
Former Indian Navy chief (Retired) Admiral L Ramdas on Friday wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind, expressing sadness over the violence that took place during the farmers’ Republic Day tractor rally. Ramdas said that the violence and security lapses during the rally needed immediate investigation by an impartial and high-level inquiry commission.
The former Navy chief also noted that mainstream media ignored the fact that most of the protestors remained peaceful, and instead fixed attention on a group hoisting flags at the Red Fort. He also spoke out against the filing of first information reports against farmer leaders and journalists.
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Punjab CM blames AAP for attack on Congress leaders at Singhu border ANI | Updated: Jan 26, 2021 00:10 IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], January 26 (ANI): PunjabChief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh on Monday blamed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers for the attack on state Congress Member of Parliament Ravneet Singh Bittu and Member of Legislative Kulbir Singh Zira at Singhu Border. The farmers had been protesting peacefully at the Delhi border for two months without resorting to any such acts. AAP workers present near the Kisan Sansad had attacked and manhandled Bittu and Zira. AAP and not farmers are responsible for the attack, said Singh speaking while speaking with the media in Patiala.
Farmers, Workers Demand Release of Dalit Woman Activist, Allege Assault by Haryana Cops Nodeep Kaur was arrested from near Singhu border
A large number of civil society and farmer organizations have come forward seeking the immediate release of a 24-year-old Dalit labour rights activist who was arrested from Kundli Industrial Area (KIA) on January 12 and also allegedly subjected to physical and sexual violence while in custody.
KIA is an area adjacent to the core protest venue of the agitating farmers’ on Singhu border with the national capital. The activists who have got together under the banner of Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) feel that the assault on Nodeep Kaur and her associates on January 12 has a lot to do with the forging of unity between the industrial workers and the agitating farmers.