Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 19
Ahead of the tenth round of talks between agitating farmers and union ministers, members of the Supreme Court-appointed committee to delibera
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Murder convict to farmer protests leader: How people power propels Manjit Singh Dhaner
The Punjabi farmer-activist was twice pardoned under public pressure.
11 Jan, 2021
Not long ago, farmer-activist Manjit Singh Dhaner, 64, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case. Today, he is a free man, leading the farmer protests from pillar 805 at Tikri on Delhiâs border.
Dhaner, senior vice president of the farmer association Bharti Kisan Union Ekta Dakaunda, was twice pardoned in spite of the Supreme Court upholding his sentence.
For 47 days starting in September 2019, over 3,000 people sat outside the Barnala jail, where Dhaner was lodged, during the day, and about 500 of them slept in tents at night. They were served langar, rain or shine. The protest, mobilised by 42 farmer unions under the umbrella of Sangharsh Committee for Manjit Dhaner, forced Punjabâs government to accede to their demand to pardon the leader, not once but twice.
Repeal farm laws: 11 Oppn parties
In a joint statement on Thursday, leaders of 11 Opposition parties demanded repeal of the three farm laws. They also termed the allegations levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has accused the parties of lying to the farmers, as “baseless”, stating that such accusations were a “complete travesty of truth”.
Helipad dug up, Dushyant’s visit off
Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala’s visit to the Uchana Kalan segment in Jind was cancelled after protesters dug up a helipad on the school premises where his helicopter was to land. TNS
Farmer unions rejected the letter terming it yet another “delaying tactic” by the government. Leaders of various unions will hold a meeting tomorrow to decide the further course of action. They want a written assurance on the MSP “even though that is not a part of the three laws”.
Punjab farmers step up stir against Reliance, snap power supply to Jio towers
Farmers owing allegiance to different farmers’ unions have shut the power supply to several Jio towers in Nawanshahr, Ferozepur, Mansa, Barnala, Fazilka, Patiala and Moga districts in last three days. Updated: December 25, 2020 8:36:09 am
Video grab of farmers cutting the power supply to a Jio tower
After staging protests outside the petrol pumps and retail outlets of Reliance, the farmers in Punjab protesting against the three central agri laws, stepping up their agitation have now started disconnecting the power supply to Jio mobile towers disrupting the telecom giant’s services in several parts of the state.