Noida: Referring to the ongoing farmers’ agitation and the protest at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) from December 2019 to March 2020, a Noida-based group has approached the Supreme Court to seek clear, unambiguous and transparent rules on “so-called andolans”.
The petition filed by ‘Women on Making Nation’ demands strong punishment for these “so-called andolans” that have been “blocking roads, public places and parks for months together”.
Mentioning the farmers’ protest at Delhi’s borders, which began in the last week of November 2020, and the Shaheen Bagh sit-in, the petition has urged the court to take into consideration why going on ‘andolans’ at public places and on the busiest of roads had of late become “a trend”.
Protesters at Dankaur railway station in Greater Noida
GHAZIABAD/NOIDA: Passenger train services were mostly unaffected in NCR cities on Thursday as farmers took part in the ‘rail roko’ programme for about four hours.
In Ghaziabad, several farmers sat on railway tracks at Modinagar resulting in a Haridwar-bound train to halt for about 45 minutes. In neighbouring Noida, protesters stopped the Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express for around 30 minutes near Dankaur station.
In Gurgaon, farmers blocked the railway tracks at Farrukhnagar, leading to Adani Logistic Park. Although the protest continued till 4 pm, passenger train services were not disrupted on the route.
Farmer unions stop train during nationwide rail roko in Dankaur, distribute snacks to passengers
Farmer unions stop train during nationwide rail roko in Dankaur, distribute snacks to passengers
After stopping trains at a railway station in Greater Noida as part of the rail roko protest, the farmer union distributed snacks to the stranded passengers.
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UPDATED: February 18, 2021 21:15 IST
Farmer union leaders distributed biscuits, milk and fruits among passengers who were stranded after the train was stopped by the farmers. (Photo: India Today)
The farmers distributed food and milk to the passengers after farmer unions stopped a train during their nationwide rail roko against the three farm laws Thursday afternoon. The protesters gathered at the Dankaur railway station, at the outskirts of Greater Noida at about 1 pm. After shouting slogans against the three new farm bills, the protesters held a meeting outside the railway station that is about an hour s driv
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