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Protesting farmers announce ‘rail roko’ agitation on December 18, invite Rakesh Tikait-led SKM | Latest News India

Protesting farmers announce ‘rail roko’ agitation on December 18, invite Rakesh Tikait-led SKM | Latest News India

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Dec 15, 2024 09:22 PM IST Protesting farmers have been camping at Punjab-Haryana border points after their attempts to enter Delhi on foot were stopped three times. Protesting farmers announced new measures on Sunday to ramp up pressure on the Centre after their attempts to enter the national capital were foiled three times by the police, citing lack of “permission” from Central authorities in Delhi.  Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher addresses a press conference at Shambhu border, in Patiala district, Punjab, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.(PTI) Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher urged the people of Punjab to join their “rail roko” agitation on December 18. “I want to appeal to the people of Punjab to participate in the ‘Rail Roko’ agitating on December 18. We request all the people of all the 13,000 villages in Punjab who live near railway tracks to block their nearest railway crossings and railway stations from 12 to 3 pm,” news agency ANI reported Pandher as saying. A “jatha” (group) of 101 farmers attempted to enter Delhi by foot on December …

Farmer Leader Pandher Says Stir Won’t End Until Demands Met; Protesters Hold Candlelight Vigil

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Farmers participating in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march will not end their agitation until their demands are met, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said on Saturday while indicating that their stir may continue even after the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls comes into force. As the deadlock in talks between Union ministers and farmer leaders continued even after four rounds of dialogue, the protesters took out a candle march at Shambhu and Khanauri on Punjab’s border with Haryana in memory of the farmer who died during the ongoing agitation. Shubhkaran (21), a native of Bathinda, was killed in the clash in Khanauri last Wednesday when some protesters tried to head towards the barricades erected by security personnel. Shubhkaran’s cremation has not taken place yet with farmer leaders being adamant that the Punjab government orders registration of an FIR against those responsible for his death. In Delhi, authorities initiated the process of partially reopening the Singhu and Tikri border points with Haryana, almost two weeks after these were sealed because of the farmers’ …

Traffic Jams At Delhi-Noida Border As Cops Prep For Big Farmers’ Protests

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Cars are stuck in traffic at Delhi Noida border as cops check every vehicle New Delhi: Three union ministers – junior Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda, junior Home Minister Nityanand Rai, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal – and a central government delegation have been rushed to Chandigarh to meet representatives of protesting Punjab farmers, sources have told NDTV. The meeting is expected at 6 pm and will, the government hopes, end with the Punjab farmers calling off a protest – a tractor march – scheduled for Tuesday to highlight demands like a law to guarantee MSP, or minimum support price, for crops, pension for farmers, and crop insurance. A key demands is the scrapping of police cases against farmers during the 2020 protest. Meanwhile, a second, unrelated protest is playing out on the Delhi-Noida border, where Uttar Pradesh farmers are demanding increased compensation and developed plots in exchange for local development authorities acquiring their farmlands for infrastructure and other projects. READ | Punjab Farmers To March To Delhi On Feb 13, Over MSP Demand The Narendra Modi …