Farmers’ stir makes big political splash, but is the movement over?
Farmers raise slogans during their ongoing agitation against Centre s farm laws at Singhu border in New Delhi.
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The agitation of farmers at the three borders of Delhi is entering its fourth month. A month has passed since their unsuccessful dialogue with the government. How long will this deadlock last?
Is this why the farmers wanted to observe ‘Bharat Bandh’ and ‘Rail Roko Andolan’ to put pressure on Delhi for resuming the dialogue? However, neither was the ‘Bharat Bandh’ successful at an all-India level nor the ‘Rail Roko’ efforts. Has it not proved once again that this agitation is only by the farmers of a few north Indian states? It is true that similar anger can be found among the sons of the soil of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Maharashtra, but they have not yet taken to the streets. On the other hand, strength has also reduced at the Ghazipur, Singhu and Ti
The European Union (EU) envoys, who studied the ground situation for two days in J&K, on Friday have praised certain measures taken post August 5 in the Union Territory (UT) but called for “early organisation of the legislative Assembly elections,” which remains in a suspended animation since June 2018.
Amid severe criticism of frequent hike in fuel prices, questions on the issue by Opposition leaders at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum on Friday were shut down by Chairman and BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri by shifting the blame on States for imposing additional taxes.
The Left-affiliated farmers organisation, which is part of the ongoing farm protests, argued that its proposal for legally guaranteed MSPs would not place the entire additional burden on the government budget, or ultimately, the taxpayer. Instead, the large corporates who make large profits from agribusiness must be forced to share their surplus with the primary producers, AIKS general se
Farmers, ordinary citizens suffering due to increased fuel prices, says Samyukta Kisan Morcha ANI | Updated: Feb 20, 2021 23:22 IST
New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): The farmers, as well as ordinary citizens of the country, were incurring huge losses due to the rising prices of petrol, diesel and gas, said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of protesting farmer unions, on Saturday.
The farmer body also said that increased fuel prices are also resulting in farmers getting lower minimum support price (MSP) for their produce. The central government gives lower MSP by wrong calculations of inputs and now due to rising fuel prices, input costs have also increased. Along with farmers, ordinary citizens of the country will also suffer huge losses due to the rising prices of petrol, diesel and gas. People are protesting all over the country against rising prices, the SKM said in a statement.