Punjab Farmers Take Out Anti-Lockdown Protest Marches, Defy Restrictions
Hundreds took out âanti-lockdownâ protest marches, urging traders and other non-essential shopkeepers to open their shops. However, a majority of trader bodies did not comply with their demand.
Protestors gather at the Old Bus Stand in Patiala as part of the farmers anti-lockdown march. Photo: By arrangement
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Jammu: Thirty-odd farmersâ unions, under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), who have been protesting against the three agri-marketing laws on the borders of New Delhi for over 200 days now, gathered in large numbers across Punjab to defy the COVID-19 weekend restrictions that were imposed in the state.
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‘We will rope in more sections of people to force govt. repeal three laws’
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Arunodaya artistes drumming up support for Monday’s ‘Mahapanchayat’ at the Church Centre in Ongole on Sunday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS
‘We will rope in more sections of people to force govt. repeal three laws’
The ongoing struggle against the three farm laws will be intensified by roping in more sections of people to force the NDA government to repeal the corporate-friendly pieces of legislation, said All India Kisan Mazdoor Sangh national general secretary Ashok Ghayale.
“We are prepared for a protracted struggle as the Narendra Modi government has not been conceding the just demands of farmers,” he said on the eve of the ‘Mahapanchayat’ here on Monday.
A farmer chained himself during their ongoing protest against farm laws, at Ghazipur border in Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: To mark completion of four months of their agitation against the three Central farm laws, the protesting farmers on Wednesday gave a call for Bharat bandh on March 26. The farmers will observe “Mandi bachao, kheti bachao’ on March 19.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said he would visit West Bengal, which is going to polls, later this week and appeal to the farmers to defeat the BJP.
Here are the key developments of the day:
1. Farmer unions called for a Bharat bandh on March 26, when their protest at Delhi s borders against the Centre s three new farm laws completes four months. Farmer leader Buta Singh Burjgill said farmers along with trade unions will protest the hike in fuel prices and privatisation of railways on March 15. We will observe a complete Bharat bandh on March 26, when our protest against the three farm laws com
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Farmers
and farmworkers in Andhra Pradesh join massive rallies
across India against the Farm Laws held last November 2020.
(Photo credit: APVVU)
PAN Asia
Pacific (PANAP) called on the Modi administration to stop
the persecution of farmers and their supporters who oppose
the controversial Three
Farm Laws.
The regional advocacy group issued the
statement as it joined today various civil society groups
and people s movements around the world for the Global Day
of Action in Solidarity with the Indian Peoples for
Democracy and Liberation. We are concerned that
instead of responding to the legitimate demands of Indian
farmers and people on the new agricultural laws, the
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