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G RAM G Bill retrograde legislation, betrays rural workers: SKM

G RAM G Bill retrograde legislation, betrays rural workers: SKM

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New Delhi, The Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Wednesday said the VB-G RAM G Bill is the “most retrograde legislation” that betrays the rural worker and peasant households, robbing them of their statutory right to employment assured by rural employment law MGNREGA. G RAM G Bill retrograde legislation, betrays rural workers: SKM In a statement issued here, the SKM, an umbrella body of farmers’ unions, said that instead of repealing MGNREGA, the Union government should enact a similar law to address acute urban unemployment and make employment a statutory right. The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Bill, 2025, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. It provides for 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work and talks about establishing a rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047. “The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission Bill is the most retrograde legislation to betray the rural worker and peasant households, robbing their …

Thwarted, SKM calls off Chandigarh march, warns Mann: ‘not enough jails for farmers…’ | Chandigarh News

Thwarted, SKM calls off Chandigarh march, warns Mann: ‘not enough jails for farmers…’ | Chandigarh News

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Police in Punjab on Wednesday set up multiple checkpoints, and stepped up security at all entry points of Chandigarh as it thwarted an attempt by farmers to march to the Union Territory to take part in week-long dharna called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha. In the process, it detained several senior farmer union leaders who were later released in the evening. Meanwhile, the farmers launched dharnas at 28 places — the spots where they were stopped by the Punjab Police. Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan said farmers will now not move to Chandigarh. “To decide about the next course of action, a meeting of the SKM has been called in Ludhiana on March 7,” said Kokrikalan. The SKM, in a statement, however, also warned Mann that his government “will not have enough jail if the farmers of Punjab decide to court arrest to protect the democratic rights of the people”. Story continues below this ad Earlier, farmers, who left from various location in Punjab for Chandigarh in tractor-trolleys and other …

SKM protest: Punjab Police thwarts farmers` attempt to go to Chandigarh

SKM protest: Punjab Police thwarts farmers` attempt to go to Chandigarh

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Punjab Police thwarted farmers` attempt to go to Chandigarh on the Samyukta Kisan Morcha`s call for a week-long dharna beginning Wednesday, as multiple checkpoints were set up across the state and security stepped up at all entry points of the Union Territory. The SKM, a conglomerate of more than 30 farmer bodies, had given the call for the sit-in in Chandigarh in support of farmers` various demands including purchase of six crops at minimum support price by the state government. Farmers, who left for Chandigarh in tractor-trolleys and other vehicles on Wednesday morning, were stopped by the Punjab Police at many places on the highways and other roads. The SKM strongly condemned the AAP government for preventing farmers from going to the UT for raising their voice in support of their demands. SKM leaders claimed many farmers were detained by police when they were on their way to Chandigarh while several others started holding protests where they were stopped. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Ropar Range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar said the protesting farmers would not …

Punjab Police detain SKM leaders ahead of Chandigarh sit-in

Punjab Police detain SKM leaders ahead of Chandigarh sit-in

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Ahead of their planned protest in Chandigarh on March 5, several Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders were detained in early morning raids at their residences on Tuesday, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann hitting out at the agitating farmer unions, saying they have turned Punjab into a “state of dharnas” and caused huge losses to it. Farmers protesting against police action in Barnala. Talking to reporters at the Kharar tehsil office in Mohali, Mann said he had categorically told the farmer bodies that they should not remain under the impression that he could not take action. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha strongly condemned the Punjab Police action, terming it a “dictatorial step by the Bhagwant Mann government to suppress the democratic rights of farmers for peaceful protest”. Opposition parties criticised the AAP government for the crackdown, which came a day after talks between Mann and SKM leaders ended abruptly with the CM walking out of their meeting. “The government cannot stifle the voice of farmers with such steps,” Bharti Kisan Union (Lakhowal) general secretary Harinder Singh Lakhowal. …

Farm Leaders In Police Custody Ahead Of Punjab Protest, Congress Moves In

Farm Leaders In Police Custody Ahead Of Punjab Protest, Congress Moves In

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Chandigarh: Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann government’s breakdown of talks with farmers has created a huge opening for the state Congress to recover lost ground. This evening, Congress’s former Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi barged into the Gharaun police station of Chamkur Sahib when he learnt that farmer leaders were being detained ahead of today’s protest rally by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha or SKM.  Mr Channi knocked at the main gate of the police station and told the senior officers that he had come to meet the farmer leaders.  “I have come to Gharaun police station of Chamkaur Shaib to meet our farmers leaders of our area as I learnt that they were being taken to police station so that they would not be able take their supporters to the Chandigarh protest,’ he told reporters later.  First, the Chief Minister ignored their problems and left the meeting and now when they want to hold a protest in a democratic manner, such action is being taken, he said.    “All the farmer leaders are being taken to custody. …

Another round of unity talks among farmer bodies remains inconclusive | Latest News India

Another round of unity talks among farmer bodies remains inconclusive | Latest News India

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Chandigarh, A meeting between the Samukta Kisan Morcha , SKM and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha for forging unity to take on the Centre in support of their various demands remained inconclusive on Thursday, though all three farmer bodies said their efforts are on for a joint fight. Another round of unity talks among farmer bodies remains inconclusive It was the fourth round of unity talks between the SKM, SKM and the KMM after the three farmer outfits failed to reach any consensus in the previous three rounds. From the SKM side, farmer leaders Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Raminder Singh Patiala, Darshan Singh, Jhanda Singh Jethuke, Jangveer Singh Chauhan and Harinder Singh Lakhowal were present in the meeting held here on Thursday. The SKM and KMM were represented by Sarwan Singh Pandher, Kaka Singh Kotra and Abhimanyu Kohar, among others. Addressing the media after the meeting, SKM leader Ugrahan said a detailed discussion took place among the three farmer bodies. But there are several issues which need to be discussed for achieving complete unity among the three …

Today in Politics: Centre to hold talks with protesting farmers in Chandigarh | Political Pulse News

Today in Politics: Centre to hold talks with protesting farmers in Chandigarh | Political Pulse News

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The Centre will hold a meeting with Punjab’s protesting farmers on Friday in Chandigarh to discuss their demands, thus ending a stalemate over the resumption of a dialogue with the agitators, who have been demanding a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops. Farmer leader Pandher spoke to reporters at Shambhu border, where a Kisan Mahapanchayat was held to mark the completion of one year of the ongoing agitation. He said that they will make efforts to move the Centre towards resolving the farmers’ issues in the meeting. Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said that Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on an indefinite fast, will make his best efforts to participate in the meeting to put forth farmers’ demands. Story continues below this ad He said that Dallewal will try to participate in the meeting but he is not keeping well. “Dallewal wants to attend the meeting to put forth farmers’ demands before the Centre,” Kohar said. Dallewal, who is the convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), has been on an indefinite hunger …

Noida: New farmer union emerges as SKM stares at rift | Latest News India

Noida: New farmer union emerges as SKM stares at rift | Latest News India

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The farmers’ agitation under the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) banner in Gautam Budh Nagar is currently staring at a split, with some farmer groups forming a separate faction called the Kisan Sangharsh Morcha (KSM), farmer leaders aware of the development said on Wednesday. Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders address a press conference at Noida media club in Sector 29, on Wednesday, to refute allegations made by the breakaway faction. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo) The rift reportedly stemmed from disagreements over protest strategies and allegations of betrayal during a large-scale demonstration in December. The SKM-led protests, involving approximately 5,000 farmers, began in December 2024, at the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal. Their demands included enhanced compensation and developed land instead of acquired land. The demonstration brought traffic to a standstill on the Noida-GreaterNoida Expressway, but the situation escalated as many protesters were arrested. This crackdown and subsequent events deepened divisions among the farmer groups, said insiders. Three prominent organisations— All India Kisan Sabha, Bhartiya Kisan Parishad, and Kisan Ekta Sangh — broke away from the SKM to form …

‘Batoge toh lutoge’: Amid Dallewal fast, farm unions step up unity bid to turn heat on Centre | Political Pulse News

‘Batoge toh lutoge’: Amid Dallewal fast, farm unions step up unity bid to turn heat on Centre | Political Pulse News

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Last Friday, several leaders of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) – an umbrella organisation of many farm unions from Punjab and other states – reached Khanauri to check on Jagjit Singh Dallewal, the SKM (non-political) coordinator, who has been on fast-unto-death since November 26. The SKM leaders who met Dallewal included Rakesh Tikait, BKU (Tikait) leader, Harinder Singh Lakhowal, general secretary of BKU (Lakhowal), and Manjit Singh Dhaner, president of BKU Dakaunda (Dhaner). They said they visited Khanauri on behalf of their respective unions and not as the SKM representatives. So far, the SKM has stayed away from the farmers’ sit-in protests being led by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and the SKM (non-political), which have been continuing at Shambhu and Khanauri on the Punjab-Haryana borders since February 13 this year. The SKM has maintained that while it supports their demands – which include legal status for minimum support price (MSP) of crops and farm debt waiver, among others – they have reservations about their “mode of protest”. However, various farm bodies seem to have …

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 …