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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 To Observe ‘Black Day’ Tomorrow Over Protester’s Death, Tractor Marches Across India On Feb 26 | Top Points

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Curated By: Poulami Kundu Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 20:12 IST A young farmer had died on Wednesday amid clashes between Haryana Police and Punjab farmers, whose Delhi Chalo march has been stalled at Khanauri border point in Punjab’s Sangrur district. (File photo) Farmer leaders have said they will hold a ‘mahapanchayat’ of peasants at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on March 14 The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday demanded the registration of a murder case over the death of a protesting farmer at the Punjab-Haryana border and announced a ‘Black Day’ on Friday and a tractor march on February 26 to condemn the incident. 22-year-old protesting farmer, Subhkaran Singh, died on Wednesday amid clashes between Haryana Police and Punjab farmers. Farmers had put their ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest march on hold for two days after the incident, which had left at least 12 other peasants injured. The SKM, after a meeting in Chandigarh, said farmers will take out tractor marches on highways across the country on February 26 and hold a Mahapanchayat in Delhi on …