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  • Mohali: Farm union protests finish peacefully, site visitors stream uninterrupted

    Various farmer unions had organised the protest to assist the ‘Bharat Bandh’ name given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday. A big procession was held within the metropolis, wherein agitators burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded a roll-back of all three contentious farm legal guidelines.
    While the site visitors stream remained uninterrupted within the metropolis, outlets in lots of markets remained closed.
    Bharatiya Kisan Union’s (BKU) spokesperson Nachattar Singh Baidwan, who had began the protest from close to Gurudwara Singh Shaheedan in Sohana on Wednesday mentioned that they may proceed resisting until the time the three farm legal guidelines are taken again.
    Meanwhile, a protest march additionally began from close to Besttech Mall in Phase-11 by numerous farm organisations and after snaking its means by way of your entire metropolis, the protesters ended their march in entrance of Besttech Mall.
    Nachattar Singh mentioned that the site visitors remained uninterrupted within the metropolis and the protesting farmers didn’t cease any automobile and in addition didn’t pressure any outlets to down shutters on Wednesday.

  • Yavatmal authorities refuse permission for Kisan Mahapanchayat once more

    THE Yavatmal district administration on Friday as soon as once more refused permission for the proposed farmers’ rally on Saturday.
    The administration had refused permission for the rally, or Kisan Mahapanchayat, for the primary time on Thursday. To be organised underneath the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the rally was to be addressed by Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait.
    After the primary refusal by authorities in view of accelerating Covid-19 circumstances in Yavatmal, organisers of the rally had approached the authorities once more on Thursday, in search of permission afresh and saying they had been able to abide by all Covid rules.
    But Yavatmal Disrict Collector M D Singh instructed The Indian Express, “We have refused permission again for the same reasons.”
    SKM Maharashtra coordinator Sandip Gidde had mentioned on Thursday, “We are ready to hold it with just 50 participants by following all Covid norms. If we are refused permission again, we will hold a sit-in in front of the Collector office.”
    Singh, nonetheless, mentioned, “A delegation had come to meet me… but they didn’t tell me anything like a 50-person only rally.”
    Meanwhile, Tikait arrived in Nagpur on Friday evening and he’s set to journey to Yavatmal on Saturday as scheduled.

  • ‘Despite 11 meetings, govt didn’t take heed to us, they don’t need to resolve it’

    Hundreds of farmers Thursday blocked railway tracks within the National Capital Region (NCR) as a part of the nationwide protest in opposition to the brand new farm legal guidelines.
    About 400 farmers blocked tracks close to Palwal’s Atoha village. Tekchand, 60, a farmer from Dhatir, sat on his tractor and watched the proceedings from a distance. “I am old, so sitting on the tracks or standing for long is a problem for me. That is why I prefer to watch from far,” mentioned Tekchand, who has been part of the protest since December, when the demonstration at Palwal was being spearheaded by farmers from Madhya Pradesh. With the MP farmers leaving after the January 26 violence, native residents have taken on the mantle.
    “Earlier, we came in the day and left at night, but since the farmers from MP were pressured into leaving, we remain at the protest site round the clock. We will not let their efforts or our cause go in vain,” mentioned Hargopal, a farmer from Palwal’s Sailothi village.
    Around midday, the farmers, most of them from Palwal district, sat on the tracks. For the subsequent two-and-a-half hours, a tractor served as a makeshift stage and loudspeakers mounted onto an e-rickshaw aired speeches, slogans and songs.
    Palwal SP Deepak Gahlawat confirmed that the protests remained peaceable. “We deployed about 500-600 personnel at various points along the tracks. The event went off smoothly, there was no confrontation or violence.” Similar blockades had been held at one place in Faridabad, two in Rewari, and one in Gurgaon, all of which, officers mentioned, had been peaceable.
    Some tractor trolleys reached the positioning of the blockade at Palwal, carrying meals. “The food is not just for us but for any commuter who may be inconvenienced because of the blockade,” mentioned Rajkumar, a farmer from Gugera village in Palwal.
    At Modinagar station in Uttar Pradesh, Aman Singh had stretched out, his head resting on the railway tracks.
    “We made a mistake voting for them (BJP). Not again. These three laws are the last straw that will end the BJP,” mentioned the 72-year-old, a farmer from Modinagar and a member of the Bharatiya Kisan Union’s (BKU) native unit.
    Most of those that blocked tracks had been sugarcane growers, a well-liked crop within the space.
    Rajiv Kumar, 52, a sugarcane farmer, mentioned “The farmers do not want these laws. We have been sitting on dharna for months… This is the behaviour which wiped out BJP in the Punjab civic polls, and the same will happen in western UP in the upcoming elections.”
    At the protest website, native farmer leaders requested protesters to ship extra individuals to Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur protest websites.
    While the blockade was to be held from 12 pm to 4pm, farmers at Modinagar started wrapping up by 3.30 pm, with native BKU leaders saying the management had selected an early finish to the blockade.
    At Sonipat, the demonstration started at midday and continued until 4 pm.

    Rajender Singh (56) from Sisana village in Sonipat, who grows wheat in his two-acre land, mentioned, “Despite 11 meetings, the government did not listen to us. They do not want to resolve it. These laws are a death warrant for farmers.”
    Most farmers mentioned they feared that the federal government mandis would die a sluggish demise if the legal guidelines come into drive.
    Ishwar Singh (52), who grows sugarcane in his 2.5 acre land in Bhatgaon village, and is convener of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti, mentioned, “If they kill the mandis, corporate players may not pay farmers as per MSP after a few seasons, citing lack of quality. Where shall the farmer sell then?”

  • Tikait to be in Yavatmal, SKM seeks to carry kisan mahapanchayat once more

    THE SAMYUKTA Kisan Morcha (SKM), which was denied permission to carry its proposed ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ on February 20 in Yavatmal, has utilized afresh for permission for holding the programme saying they’d agree with phrases and situations required to be adopted.
    Sandip Gidde, Maharashtra coordinator of the SKM, informed The Indian Express, “We were told that we can’t hold the proposed rally due to a surge in Covid-19 cases. But we are determined to hold it and have applied afresh to Yavatmal Superintendent of Police seeking permission with all restrictions required to be followed. We are ready to hold it even with two persons in attendance. But we will hold it all the same.” Gidde warned, “If they deny us permission again, then we will go ahead and hold a sit-in (thiyya) in front of the collector’s office,” including, “hal chalane wala hath nahin jodega (one who holds the plow will not fold his hands).”
    Gidde mentioned, “Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait will be in Yavatmal as scheduled and will take part in the programme on February 20.”

    Gidde added, “The MVA government should politicise the issue. Several such mahapanchayats have been held in states like UP, Rajasthan and Haryana. So, Maharashtra should also allow it when we are ready to follow all rules and regulations.”

  • UP Assembly opens to Opposition ruckus over Unnao deaths, value rise, farm Bills

    The Budget Session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly bought off to a stormy begin on Thursday as Opposition members, particularly these from the Samajwadi Party (SP), raised a ruckus over the alleged killing of two Dalit women in Unnao district, atrocities on the backward and minority communities, farm Bills and the hovering costs of petroleum merchandise.
    Amidst heavy safety deployment on the House, together with ATS commandos, on the opening day, the SP members, who reached the Assembly on tractors carrying sugarcane and wheat as a mark of protest towards the Centre’s farm Bills, held a ‘Kisan Panchayat’ close to the statue of farmer chief Chaudhary Charan Singh on the Vidhan Sabha premises earlier than the beginning of the session.
    Alleging that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had misplaced its maintain on legislation and order within the state and failed to guard girls and safeguard the pursuits of farmers, the Opposition MLAs raised slogans and held up placards as quickly as Governor Anandiben Patel started her customary deal with on the joint session.

    All Opposition members, together with these from the SP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress, staged a walkout because the Governor continued studying her deal with.
    The SP members, who had been additionally carrying empty diesel cans as they reached the Assembly, bought right into a minor scuffle with the police as they stopped them from getting into the House with sugarcanes in hand. Some of those MLAs climbed the gates of the Assembly constructing to register their protest.
    “Uttar Pradesh mein kanoon vyavastha naam ki koi cheez nahi hain, Unnao ki ghantna ne hum sabko sharam shar kiya hai… lekin yeh sakakar, unnao ki poilice us ghatna ko dabana chahti hai… (There is no law and order in Uttar Pradesh. The incident in Unnao has made us hang our heads in shame. Yet this government and Unnao Police are bent on suppressing the case,” stated SP MLA Sunil Singh, who was among the many members who arrived in tractors and later joined the protest close to Chaudhary Charan Singh’s statue. He additional alleged that the mother and father of the Dalit women, who had been discovered useless, had been made to take a seat at a police station by means of the evening and never communicate to anybody.
    Leader of Opposition within the Assembly Ram Govind Chaudhary accused the federal government of failing to rein in crime, including that it can’t be managed simply by taking out some gangsters in police encounters. “This government is no longer capable of controlling crime and ensuring law and order. There are incidents of rape, atrocities on women as well as murders every day. Farmers have been sitting on protests for three months now, inflation is going through the roof and there is rampant corruption and rising unemployment. We’re sitting at the foot of Chaudhary Charan Singh’s statue so that his spirit can infuse some sense into the government and make it act against the culprits,” the Leader of Opposition stated, including, “Kewal do chaar apradhiyon ka encounter kar dene se apradh nahi rukta hai (Crime can’t be managed simply by killing two or 4 criminals in police encounters).As the session started, the SP, BSP and Congress members stood up holding placards and began chanting slogans towards value rise, farmers’ points and alleged atrocities on Dalits, minorities and different backward communities. ‘Dalit, pichre, alpasankhyakon ka utpeeran band karo’ (cease atrocities on Dalits, backward courses and minorities), ‘Kisan virodhi yeh sarkar nahi chalegi’ (down with this anti-farmer authorities), ‘Rasoi gas ke barhe daam vapas lo’ (minimize rising costs of cooking fuel) and ‘Jabse bhajapa ayi hai kamar tor mehngai hai’ (value rise is rampant because the BJP got here to energy) had been a few of the slogans raised by Opposition members on the opening day.

    ‘Late’ begin of the Governor’s deal with
    Opposition members claimed that Governor Anandiben Patel arrived 5 minutes late for her deal with to the joint session, because it was scheduled to start at 11 am, and the beginning of her speech was delayed by an extra seven minutes. Calling it unprecedented and a departure from established practices, they stated that the Governor shouldn’t have been allowed to talk. “This is the first time that a Governor arrived for the address five minutes late and started her speech another seven minutes later. This is not just against the Constitution but is also in violation of the Assembly rules as the time allotted for the address is set by none other than the Governor,” stated Congress Legislature Party chief Aradhna Mishra.
    She demanded that she raised objection to the Governor’s speech within the House and demanded that it’s thought to be “not read”. During the ruckus within the Assembly, some Opposition members chanted ‘Rajpal wapas jao’ (Governor return).

  • UP farmer killed in Delhi accident: Two in household booked for putting Tricolour on physique

    The mom and brother of a farmer from Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, who died in an accident in Delhi, have been booked on the cost of disrespecting the nationwide flag after the tricolour was allegedly placed on his physique on the funeral procession on February 3.
    Balvinder Singh (32) died on January 24 close to Ghazipur the place he was collaborating within the farmers’ agitation. He had left house the day prior to this.
    Pilibhit SP Jai Prakash stated the FIR was lodged at Sehramau North police station on Wednesday following a grievance by the police station in-charge. “Two people have been named in the FIR, and there are unidentified people accused as well. Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 has been invoked against the accused,” stated Prakash.
    Singh’s mom Jasveer Kaur (51) and brother Gurvinder Singh (22) have been booked below the Act.
    Sehramau North SHO Ashutosh Raghuvanshi stated Singh died late on January 24 after he was hit by a truck round 2 km from the protest website. “His body could only be identified on February 2 by Delhi Police through mobile phone tracing,” stated the SHO.

    “The family members were handed over the body on the night of February 2 and it was brought to Pilibhit the next day,” stated the SHO. “The body was kept at the house and was about to be taken for cremation. There was a huge crowd there, and hence, police personnel deployed there maintained distance. Someone kept the national flag on the body, which is not permitted. The body was taken to the crematorium with the flag on it. When we got to know about this, we lodged a case on February 3,” the SHO stated on Friday.
    Asked if Singh’s brother or mom put the flag on the physique, the SHO stated, “Either the family put it there or they should tell us who did. We have booked unidentified persons in the FIR for this reason. It will be part of the probe.”
    Speaking to The Indian Express Friday afternoon, village head for Haripur gram panchayat, Hurvinder Singh, stated somebody had positioned the flag on the physique, nevertheless it was instantly eliminated. “There were lots of people, about a thousand, during the funeral procession, and someone did put the flag near the body, but it was removed immediately,” he stated.
    “The family is very poor and owns very little land. They are already suffering after the death of their son. What is happening to the family is very unfair because the family members did not even put the flag on the body,” added the village head.

  • Posters outdoors Haryana villages warn BJP, JJP leaders: ‘Enter at your own risk’

    As the impasse between the Centre and farmer unions continues, the highest management of the ruling BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana is dealing with criticism and resentment throughout the state, particularly the agricultural belts the place hoardings and posters banning their entry into villages have began arising.
    Panchayats and villagers in a number of districts have stopped inviting BJP-JJP leaders to social gatherings and at a number of locations have introduced an entire boycott. Villages throughout a number of districts together with Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Sirsa, Jind, Fatehabad, Panipat, Sonipat, Jhajjar, and Rohtak have put up banners stating that the ruling alliance leaders are usually not welcome.
    A poster put up by “Sarvjatiye Phogat Khap 19” on the entry level of village Samaspur in Charkhi Dadri district reads: “BJP va JJP sattadhari party ka gaun mein pravesh nishedh hai (The entry of the ruling BJP and JJP into the village is barred)”.

    A poster at Rohtak’s Bheni Chanderpal village declares a boycott of the BJP-JJP leaders and warns: “Gaun se gujarne par jaan va maal ke khud jimmedaar honge (they will be responsible for their life and property if they enter)”.
    Nanakpur and a number of other different villages in Sirsa — the hometown of Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and his granduncle Ranjit Singh—have banned the entry of the 2 Chautalas. Villagers have warned that if any of the BJP or JJP leaders enter the village, they (locals) will resort to lathicharge in the identical approach police charged at farmers.
    Similar posters have surfaced throughout Jaisinghpura, Dera Gama, Khizrabad and a number of other villages of Karnal—CM Manohar Lal Khattar’s constituency.

  • Anna Hazare cancels indefinite starvation strike towards farm legal guidelines after Centre’s assurance

    Image Source : PTI Anna Hazare cancels indefinite starvation strike towards farm legal guidelines after Centre’s assurance
    Social activist Anna Hazare known as off indefinite starvation strike towards the brand new farm legal guidelines and claimed that the Central authorities has agreed to a few of his calls for.

    In an announcement earlier within the day, Hazare (84) had introduced that he will likely be beginning the starvation strike from his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra on Saturday.

    In that communication, Hazare had stated he had written to the prime minister and Union agriculture minister 5 occasions on the plight of farmers however to no avail.

    “The Union authorities has agreed to a few of my calls for and in addition introduced establishing a committee to enhance the lives of farmers. I’ve determined to droop my proposed indefinite quick ranging from Saturday, Hazare stated.

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    While saying the starvation strike, Hazare had stated, “I have been demanding reforms in the agriculture sector, but the Centre doesn’t seem to be taking the right decisions.”

    “The Centre has no sensitivity left for farmers, which is why I am starting my indefinite fast at my village from January 30,” he had stated and appealed to his supporters to not flock to his village district in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Hazare, who was on the forefront of the anti- corruption motion in 2011, had recalled that when he went on a starvation strike at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, the then UPA authorities had known as a particular session of Parliament.

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  • Repeal farm legal guidelines directly: Maya, Akhilesh to Centre

    A day after violence throughout the farmers’ protest in Delhi, former Uttar Pradesh chief ministers Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav focused the Centre, demanding that it withdraw the farm legal guidelines that introduced the protesters out on the streets within the first place.
    “Whatever happened in the National Capital during the tractor rally of farmers on the occasion of Republic Day should not have happened. It is most unfortunate and the central government should also take this very seriously,” BSP chief Mayawati stated in an announcement.
    Requesting the Narendra Modi authorities to repeal the agricultural legal guidelines being protested, Mayawati added, “At the same time, the BSP makes an appeal to the central government to take back all the three farm laws without any delay so that farmers finish their lone agitation and such incidents are not repeated.”

    Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav hit out on the BJP-led authorities on the Centre, accusing it of neglecting farmers. “The approach the BJP authorities has always uncared for farmers, disrespected them, and blamed them, it performed a job, resulting in the agitation of farmers.
    Whatever scenario that has developed, the BJP authorities is accountable for it,” he added. The former chief minister requested the BJP “own moral responsibility and take back the farm laws immediately”.
    On Tuesday, the SP had organised tractor rallies in numerous elements of the state in solidarity with the farmers protesting in Delhi.

  • In Punjab, farmers rue lack of face attributable to Red For ruckus

    A day after the Republic Day violence in Delhi, farmers in Punjab stated that the occasions had harm their two-month wrestle, including that there ought to be a probe to establish these behind the occasions that unfolded on the Red Fort on January 26.
    “We got to know that one of the organisations, which was not the part of the 31 organisations, had started its march from Singhu border early at 7:30 am and then they created ruckus near ITO road and then broke barricades on the non-permitted routes even as police punctured the tyres of their tractors. Still they went ahead and took the route towards Red Fort,” stated a farmer, Paramjit Singh, from Kapurthala, including: “I do not appreciate that they took the route which was not allowed. They should have stopped there only where they were stopped by police and should have brought the matter to the notice of farm leaders before taking different route of their own.”
    Paramjit stated: “We are deeply hurt as our entire support seems to have gone by this act and the farmers of Punjab have been shown in poor light.”
    “Our purpose was to hold a successful and peaceful parade as we were appreciated for our protest in the entire world and the same appreciation was needed for this Republic Day parade. But now the detractors have got a chance of targeting all the farmers while only some of them were involved in such unlawful activities,” stated one other farmer Satnam Singh from Jhandusinga village.
    He added that correct investigation ought to be carried out into the function of the miscreants who entered farmers’ protests and created ruckus.
    “Government has already been trying to weaken this protest by calling it a move backed by Khalistanis, Naxals, Pakistani-China and now they will get an opportunity to criticise it but still we are hopeful that farm leaders will control this and resort to continue their peaceful protest,” stated one other farmer Raghubir Singh from Mukerian, including that they need to have paraded in entrance of Lal Kila quite than hoisting a flag aside from the Tricolour.
    An knowledgeable from Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana on the situation of anonymity stated: “Farmer leaders under Sanyukt Kisan Morcha had adopted all the measures to keep the parade peaceful and had issued three types of instructions to be followed. They had even issued a warning against indulging in unlawful activities or face the music. But to control such a huge crowd when the government was not listening to them for the past two months was a huge task.” He added that farmer leaders ought to have acted firmly when a few of the youth weren’t able to observe the directions of the leaders on Monday night time.

    “We are hopeful that Kisan Morcha will continue peacefully now,” he stated.
    CPI (ML) Liberation State Secretary Comrade Gurmeet Singh Bakhatpur stated that some younger farmers couldn’t asses the “conspiracy of the Centre which wanted farmers to reach Lal Kila”. He stated that as a result of acts of some such teams, your complete farming neighborhood protesting peacefully at Delhi can’t be blamed.
    He stated that regardless of large rush of farmers the farmers haven’t resorted to any violence inside Delhi besides their tussle with police officers at ITO and Red Fort, however that too was not acceptable.