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Time is a great healer, they say. On January 29, many in western Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar stood witness to a moment of rapprochement that could inflect India’s political history or not. It’s vital to offer that caveat right at the outset. For, the unseen undercurrents of our politics do not necessarily submit to neat surface syllogisms. Contrary pulls make up our political psychology to such an extent that its effects often seem irrational. And yet, when leaders of two communities Jats and Muslims came together to address a mahapanchayat in Sisauli village, no one could be faulted for seeing in that event a kind of tectonic shift. The ground itself moving.but back to its original, organic whole. Towards a suture, towards healing.
The BJP-led Haryana government has come under renewed strain with the farmers’ protest receiving impassioned support in the aftermath of the Centre’s crackdown, insiders said.
Ally Jannayak Janata Party, which sustains the Manohar Lal Khattar government, is facing increased pressure from its core farmers’ constituency over the past few days to dump the BJP, according to the sources.
Both the BJP and the JJP had hoped that the protests would peter out after the chaos during the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. Contrary to their expectations, the protests have made an electrifying turnaround and now seem to be beyond the government’s control.
Haryana: Mahapanchayat in Jatland a signal to Khattar govt
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Thousands of farmers have gathered in Kisan Mahapanchayat Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during mahapanchyat at JIND , Haryana.(Photo by Ians) Image Source: IANS News
Thousands of farmers have gathered in Kisan Mahapanchayat Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during mahapanchyat at JIND , Haryana.(Photo by Ians) Image Source: IANS News
Thousands of farmers have gathered in Kisan Mahapanchayat Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during mahapanchyat at JIND , Haryana.(Photo by Ians) Image Source: IANS News
Chandigarh, Feb 3 : From the heart of Haryana s Jat-dominated Jind district, protesting farmers led by Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday sent out a strong signal to the BJP government in the state, while infusing new energy into the protests against the three farm laws after the Republic Day violence in the nationa
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The farmers’ agitation, especially in western UP, Punjab and Haryana, is steadily acquiring a political dimension. As the last week’s efforts to browbeat the farmers at Delhi’s borders led to larger resistance and reinforcement, many opposition leaders in the region are making attempts to tap the openings.
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New Delhi: The farmers’ agitation, especially in western UP, Punjab and Haryana, is steadily acquiring a political dimension. As the last week’s efforts to browbeat the farmers at Delhi’s borders led to larger resistance and reinforcement, many opposition leaders in the region are making attempts to tap the openings. Also, the ‘Jat-Gurjar rivalry’, which played out at Ghazipur last week, has given a new dimension to the kisan mahapanchayats. If Muzaffarnagar riots had broken the Jat-Muslim ties in western UP and led to BJP’s electoral sweep in the region in the subsequent elec
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Chandigarh:
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