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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 …

Farmers March To Delhi Over MSP Demand, Centre Offers “Modi’s Guarantee”

Farmers March To Delhi Over MSP Demand, Centre Offers “Modi’s Guarantee”

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Farmers Protest in Delhi: Farmers marching to Delhi were stopped at the Shambhu border. New Delhi: Tear gas was fired at farmers gathered at Shambhu on the Haryana-Punjab border Friday afternoon during their ‘Dilli chalo‘ march to press home various demands, including a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price, or MSP, waiver of farm loan debts, and protection from increased power tariffs. Visuals shared by news agency IANS showed chaotic scenes at a police barricade across National Highway 44. In the 73-second video white smoke from tear gas canisters enveloped protesting farmers. As the video pans out, rolls of barbed wire can also be seen and the gassed farmers are seen pulling back from the barricade. An elderly farmer, affected by the tear gas, is attended to by fellow-protesters. Ambala, Haryana: Police fired tear gas shells at the protesters pic.twitter.com/3sCa9haqT5 — IANS (@ians_india) December 6, 2024 Shortly before the farmers began their march, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told Parliament the Narendra Modi government is committed to purchasing ‘ produce at MSP. “I want to assure …

Farmers protest live update: Punjab farmers to march to Delhi today at 1pm

Farmers protest live update: Punjab farmers to march to Delhi today at 1pm

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Farmers protest live update: Farmers gather at the Shambhu Border ahead of march today Farmers protest live update: A ‘jatha’ (group) of farmers from Punjab under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha plans to march from the Shambhu border to the Parliament in Delhi on Friday, December 6. Their demands are a legal guarantee for the minimum support price for crops, no hikes in electricity tariffs, a debt waiver, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, and justice for the victims of violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in 2021 and during the farmers’ protests in 2020-21.…Read More The farmers are likely to begin their procession by foot around 1 pm today from the Shambhu border. Security has been strengthened at the Shambhu border in Haryana’s Ambala district, with additional security deployed as well as the imposition of Section 163 of the BNS which prohibits the unlawful assembly of groups of four or more people. If permission is not granted to cross the border, confrontations make take place in Haryana between …

Large Gatherings Banned In Delhi Till March 12 Ahead Of Farmers’ Mega March

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New Delhi: Large gatherings have been banned across Delhi for a month – till March 12 – ahead of a mega protest by farmers starting Tuesday. Over 200 farmer unions – around 20,000 farmers in all – are expected to converge on the national capital in the next few days, in a potential replay of the violent protests in 2020/21 over “black” farm laws passed (and then scrapped) by the central government. Identical orders have been in force in the northeast districts since Saturday – after farmers, who are expected to roll in 200 tractors – from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab launched the protest. The farmers have multiple demands, including enactment of a law to guarantee minimum support price, or MSP, for their crops. Legal assurances for the MSP scheme was part of the protests four years ago, which were called off after the government reached a deal with the agitating farmers. The other demands are implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, waiving of farm debts, and withdrawal …