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  • R-Day violence: Farmer’s loss of life throughout tractor rally not as a consequence of gunshot, says Delhi Police

    Image Source : PTI R-Day violence: Farmer’s loss of life throughout tractor rally not as a consequence of gunshot, says Delhi Police
    The Delhi Police on Friday knowledgeable the excessive courtroom that the loss of life of a farmer whose tractor overturned in the course of the tractor rally on Republic Day was as a consequence of shock and hemorrhage on account of head harm, and never as a consequence of any gunshot harm. The police said this within the standing report filed in a petition moved by deceased Navreet Singh’s grandfather looking for a court-monitored SIT probe into the loss of life. He asserted that Navreet Singh was allegedly shot by the policemen, as a consequence of which he misplaced management of the tractor.
    Navreet Singh died on January 26 after his tractor overturned after ramming into police barricades in the course of the tractor rally. The accident was captured on a CCTV digicam.
    “As per the opinion of the panel of doctors which conducted the post-mortem, the cause of death is shock and hemorrhage as a result of ante-mortem head injury. The death is not due to any gunshot injury,” the standing report said.
    A panel of three medical doctors, particularly Mohammad Zubair, Dashrath Singh and Manoj Kumar Shukla, performed the autopsy at 2 a.m. on January 27.
    “The doctors did an X-ray before conducting the post-mortem. The X-Ray plates prima facie showed that there was no gunshot injury in the body of the deceased,” the police advised the courtroom.

    It is pertinent to say right here that the medical doctors who performed the autopsy had been medical specialists and there’s no substantive floor to query their efficiency or responsibility, the police added.
    The plea by Navreet Singh’s grandfather Hardeep Singh had searched for a court-appointed and monitored Special Investigation Team probe. It additionally sought the SIT to file periodic standing stories to make sure a time-bound, court-monitored investigation.
    The petition mentioned the forensic specialists, who reviewed the outline of accidents within the autopsy report, independently opined that the accidents had been according to firearm or gunshot wounds and couldn’t have resulted from the tractor overturning.

     
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  • Rajnath Singh a ‘caged parrot’, can resolve deadlock if allowed to speak to farmers: Naresh Tikait

    Image Source : PTI BKU president Naresh Tikait accused the BJP-led central authorities of being “stubborn” over the three new farm legal guidelines.
    Bharatiya Kisan Union president Naresh Tikait on Wednesday known as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh a “caged parrot” and stated the farmers’ points could possibly be resolved if he’s given the liberty to speak with them.

    He accused the BJP-led central authorities of being “stubborn” over the three new legal guidelines, which farmer unions need repealed. The protesting farmers too aren’t prepared to return on their calls for, he stated.

    “The government has made Defence Minister Rajnath Singh a caged parrot (‘pinjre ka tota’). msp If he is given the freedom to talk to farmers, I can guarantee that there would be a decision and the BJP’s prestige will also remain intact,” he stated.

    ALSO READ: 40 lakh tractors will march to Parliament if farm legal guidelines not taken again, Rakesh Tikait warns

    He stated farmers respect the Defence Minister, however he isn’t given an opportunity by the federal government to cope with the farmers’ situation.

    Tikait addressed a farmers’ “mahapanchyat” right here and likewise spoke to reporters, claiming that the Centre was not paying heed to the farmers protesting towards the legal guidelines.

    “The authorities is cussed and isn’t prepared to listen to out farmers. It ought to change its perspective,” the BKU chief stated.

    “If the PM is not ready to repeal the laws, we are also not going to backtrack. The farmers are ruined and not getting the right price for their produce. The rise in prices of power, petrol and diesel has affected them also,” he stated.

    ALSO READ: ‘Sahabzaade’ has misplaced it, Giriraj Singh responds after Rahul Gandhi repeats Fisheries Ministry gaffe

    “If this government continues for long, farmers will have to abandon agriculture,” added.

    The BKU chief stated the best way to Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal is thru Barabanki and if farmers listed here are made conscious of the impression of the brand new legal guidelines, they may be capable of inform farmers in that area about it.

    “This authorities is defaming farmers, labelling them as terrorists and Khalistanis and we won’t stay silent on this,” he stated.

    Tikait indicated that he had no quarrel with Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan, whose supporters and people of the Rashtriya Lok Dal clashed lately over the farmers’ protests.

    He not directly referred to the riots in western Uttar Pradesh in 2013, over which Balyan too had confronted expenses.

    “Earlier Hindus and Muslims lived in amity. But from 2013, BJP unfold misconceptions amongst them and divided society. But now folks have understood their tips,” the BKU chief stated.

    Thousands of farmers have been tenting on the border of Delhi since November-end, demanding the repeal of the brand new agri-marketing legal guidelines.
    They declare that the legal guidelines will weaken the minimal help worth (MSP) system, an argument that the federal government rejects.

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  • BJP’s Sanjeev Balyan ‘plan’ to counter Rakesh Tikait amongst Jats

    Image Source : PTI The BJP has determined to subject all its Jat leaders and has been cautious for the reason that Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait acquired teary-eyed.
    On the pretext of the farmers’ agitation, the opposition is attempting to make inroads among the many Jat group who’ve a robust affect in 50 Assembly seats in western Uttar Pradesh. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has change into cautious of the opposition’s makes an attempt and plans to subject Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan and different Jat leaders to counter the opposition, stated sources.
    The BJP has determined to subject all its Jat leaders and has been cautious for the reason that Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait acquired teary-eyed and has tried to transform the farmers’ agitation right into a battle for self-respect of the Jats.
    Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan would now lead the general public outreach (Jan Sampark) marketing campaign of the BJP, interacting with the Jat group in western UP. The fascinating factor is that BJP’s Sanjeev Balyan belongs to the identical ‘Jat Khap’ as Rakesh Tikait.
    ALSO READ: Rakesh Tikait to contest elections Bharatiya Kisan Union farm legal guidelines protest

    BJP’s National Vice-President Saudan Singh on Wednesday held a gathering of all of the Jat leaders of western UP on the residence of Sanjeev Balyan. It was stated on this assembly that on the pretext of the farmers’ agitation, the opposition is busy in furthering its political pursuits. The Jats have been voting for the BJP in western Uttar Pradesh for the final a number of elections and now the opposition is mobilizing the Jats in opposition to the saffron celebration on the pretext of the farmers’ agitation.
    In this example, the BJP going upfront among the many Jats has to make clear that neither the brand new farm legal guidelines are in opposition to the farmers nor the celebration is in opposition to the pursuits of the farmers. In all of the ‘Khaps’ of western UP, the BJP will conduct public outreach campaigns by holding panchayats. The assembly was attended by Uttar Pradesh co-incharge of the BJP and the celebration’s National Secretary Satya Kumar, Uttar Pradesh co-organization minister Karmaveer and all distinguished legislators of western UP.
    According to sources, it was additionally mentioned within the assembly that Rakesh Tikait is attempting to change into the face of Jats by panchayats held at a number of locations so the BJP leaders would have to consider this challenge.
    A BJP chief who was a part of the assembly instructed IANS, “Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J.P. Nadda held a meeting on Tuesday night to warn party leaders about the conspiracies hatched by the opposition on the pretext of the farmers’ agitation. In today’s meeting, a comprehensive public outreach strategy has been chalked out among the Jats of western UP. All BJP MPs, MLAs and Ministers would intensify public outreach campaigns. The Jats and farmers would be explained the benefits of the new farm laws.”

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  • Don’t make it status challenge; repeal farm legal guidelines, draft afresh after consulting farmers: Pilot to Centre

    Urging the Centre to not make the agri legal guidelines a “prestige issue”, senior Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Thursday asserted that the federal government should let go of its “stubbornness” to instantly repeal the legislations, and stated that when the BJP couldn’t persuade its allies just like the Akali Dal and the RLP on the problem, how can it anticipate the farmers to just accept the legal guidelines.
    A day forward of former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s go to to Rajasthan to boost the voice of the farmers in opposition to the farm legal guidelines, he stated that the Centre ought to withdraw the legal guidelines and after thorough session with farmers and states, provide you with a brand new set of legislations which the tillers would themselves need and isn’t one thing that’s compelled upon them.

    In an interview with PTI, Pilot slammed the BJP for stating that the Congress had made a “U-turn” on the farm legal guidelines, saying it was the BJP which was susceptible to creating ‘U-turns’, whereas his occasion was constant on all points.
    While the Congress supported agri reforms, it didn’t again legal guidelines that are “contrary to the interest of the farmers”, stated the previous Rajasthan deputy chief minister, who addressed two kisan panchayats in Dausa and Bharatpur lately, which noticed an enormous turnout.
    “First of all, they (BJP) made a U-turn on Aadhaar, then on GST, MGNREGA, FDI and so many issues. The Congress said we want to get new investments (in the agri sector) and technological inputs, want more ‘mandis’, liberalise the system, but never said we will make laws contrary to the interest of the farmers,” he stated.
    Stressing that the federal government ought to put aside its “ego” and let go of its “stubbornness” to repeal the legal guidelines, Pilot stated virtually all political events and even the BJP’s allies – be it the Akali Dal or Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) – opposed the legal guidelines.
    Both the Akali Dal and the RLP give up the BJP-led NDA, opposing the farm legal guidelines introduced in by the federal government.
    “They were not able to convince their own NDA partners, how can they expect the farmers to be convinced by these laws and accept them,” Pilot stated.
    “I don’t think they should make it a prestige issue,” the previous Rajasthan Congress chief stated.
    Asked if there could possibly be a center path or the repeal of legal guidelines was the one possibility, Pilot stated the farmers have explicitly stated that they need an entire withdrawal of the legal guidelines and the Congress stands firmly behind their demand.

    Criticising the three farm legal guidelines, Pilot stated the primary main drawback with them is that they had been made with out session with any stakeholder as no farmer unions or state authorities was concerned within the making of the legal guidelines.
    “Clearly these three laws that the government has made are not in the interest of the farmers because they are protecting everybody but the farmer. You dismantle the ‘mandi’ system and remove the stock limits, you are obviously encouraging large conglomerates and huge companies who can manage and maintain huge granaries”, which might result in manipulation of the meals grain market sooner or later, he claimed.
    Asked in regards to the BJP’s assertion that the ‘mandi’ system will keep and the legislation solely supplies extra choices to the farmers, Pilot stated that the BJP had additionally claimed that the farmers’ earnings will probably be doubled and Rs 15 lakh will probably be transferred within the accounts of individuals, none of which occurred.
    “The law is in favour of a few individuals which will then control the sector. There is only so much food grain that is grown and harvested, if the government stops or drastically reduces procurement, where will the food security act go, from where will the food come for the supply for the PDS (public distribution system),” the 43-year-old chief stated.
    He hailed the efforts of former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and occasion common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for strongly opposing the legal guidelines and standing with the farmers whereas extending ethical help to them in varied locations.
    “Mr Gandhi vehemently opposed the laws and he is coming to Rajasthan to give support to the demand of the farmers to repeal these laws. He is touring three or four agrarian districts and will take part in many ‘kisan sabhas’ and will meet farmers and give support to their demands,” he stated of Gandhi’s two-day go to to the state on February 12-13.
    Referring to the multi-layered barricading and iron nails studded on roads on the protest websites on Delhi’s border factors, Pilot stated the farmers are sitting on the Delhi’s borders for the final 80 days and never a single incident of violence passed off as they had been agitating on really Gandhian philosophy, however needed to face extreme intimidation.
    “What happened on Republic Day, every individual has condemned that. We have to investigate how that happened and now they have caught the main accused who is not a farmer,” Pilot stated, referring to the violence in Delhi throughout the protesting farmer’s tractor rally on January 26.
    “The huge deployment, nails being dug and barricading, gave a sense that the government is attempting to suppress the farmers by oppressive means,” Pilot stated.
    Thousands of farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh demanding the rollback of the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
    However, the federal government has maintained that the brand new legal guidelines will convey farmers higher alternatives and usher in new applied sciences in agriculture.

  • Breaking News, February 11 | Top Headlines This Hour

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  • Breaking News Live, Latest Updates February 9

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  • ‘Andolan jeevi’ comment by PM Modi in Parliament irks Opposition

    Image Source : PTI PM Modi urged farmers to offer farm legal guidelines an opportunity.
    Speaking in Rajya Sabha on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the mushrooming of a brand new breed of ‘skilled protestors’. PM Modi used the Hindi phrase  ‘andolan-jivi’ to explain a gaggle of people that are likely to hijack each protest or motion that has taken place within the nation within the latest previous. 

    “We are well aware of some terms like ‘shram-jivi’ and ‘buddhi-jivi’. But, I am seeing that from some time a new entity has come up in this country- ‘andolan-jivi’. This community can be spotted wherever there is a protest, be it agitation by lawyers, students, or labourers, sometimes at the forefront and sometimes from behind. These parasites feast on every agitation,” he mentioned. 

    ALSO READ: ‘Give farm reforms an opportunity, open to modifications’: PM Modi appeals farmers to finish agitation

    Reacting to PM Modi’s comment, Supreme Court lawyer and activist, Prashant Bhushan mentioned the feedback have been humiliating to the protesting farmers. 

    “Those to earlier claimed that they have made their political career through protests, are now calling farmers ‘andolan-jivi’ to humiliate them,” Bhushan mentioned in his tweet in Hindi. 

    Senior Congress chief and Maharashtra minister Ashok Chavan termed PM Modi’s selection of phrases as an ‘insult’ to farmers.

    “The farmer is one the key elements which is keeping the humanity alive. Using the word ‘andolan-jivi’ sarcastically for farmers’ agitation is an insult to farmers. It is disrespectful to them. Such usage is unacceptable,” Chavan, who holds PWD portfolio within the Uddhav Thackeray authorities, tweeted.

    Thousands of farmers have been tenting at Delhi’s borders since November demanding the repeal of three new agriculture legal guidelines that they are saying will finish the minimal help value (MSP) based mostly procurement of crops like wheat and paddy by the federal government and usher in massive corporates into the farm sector.

    They have rejected the federal government’s provide to droop the reforms for 18 months and haven’t joined talks after 11 rounds of talks ended final month.

    (With PTI inputs)
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  • Iron rods hooked, makeshift wall created at Singhu border to limit motion of protesters

    Image Source : PTI New Delhi: Barricades being arrange as a part of safety enhancements by the police close to the positioning of farmers’ ongoing protest in opposition to farm reform legal guidelines, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
    Workers below the watch of police personnel on Monday hooked iron rods between two rows of cement boundaries on a flank of the principle freeway on the Singhu border to additional prohibit the motion of protesters agitating in opposition to the brand new farm legal guidelines on the web site. Another portion of the freeway on the Delhi-Haryana border is virtually blocked now as a makeshift cement wall has come up there. A employee, drilling rods in cross-formation between two rows of strong boundaries within the afternoon, mentioned, “The other flank was done yesterday. Cement is to be poured in the space between the barriers on this flank to make a makeshift wall”.
    The transfer comes days after the violent clashes between some protesters and police on January 26 in the course of the tractor parade by the agitating farmers.
    The part of the freeway on the Singhu border, which has been the epicenter of the farmers’ protests for over 60 days, had additionally seen a conflict lately between farmers and a bunch of people that claimed to be native residents.
    On Monday, the Delhi facet of the Singhu border noticed a sparse crowd of protesters whereas the Haryana facet was dominated by vociferous speeches denouncing the brand new farm legal guidelines and clarion calls to infuse a brand new sense of solidarity within the agitation after the Republic Day incident.
    Security personnel from the paramilitary forces, RAF and CRPF, had been seen in comparatively fewer numbers in comparison with the previous few days however police personnel manned the stretch spanking a mile from the protest web site.
    Besides the makeshift wall on the freeway, a small trench was additionally dug up earlier throughout an inside avenue slightly off the freeway and cement barricades put up on each side.
    The protesting farmers and leaders at a tent, nonetheless, confirmed no indicators of being cowed down and asserted that “these barricades put up around us can’t cage our spirit”.
    All of them alleged that on January 26, “a conspiracy was made to malign this movement” and “defame it”, and extra such makes an attempt are being made whereas asserting that the agitation has “come out stronger” now.
    Jashandeep Singh, 28, a resident of Mohali, who left his personal job, and spouse and one-year-old daughter behind in his hometown, to affix the motion at Singhu Border, from its early days, mentioned, “We are not retreating an inch”.

    “If they think, we will get intimidated by these force tactics, then they are mistaken. We are warriors, and our fight is for everyone, and for the future generations of this country. And, they may make cement walls, but no wall is high for our free spirit. This movement is not a flood that can be checked with a dam. It’s a tsunami, no walls can stop it,” he mentioned.
    In the night, cement was poured into a bit of the double-sided strong barricade, at the same time as a bunch of youth from the households of farmers, stood huddled round proper subsequent to the barricade on the opposite facet.
    “They are making a wall to stop the farmers, and that too with the taxpayers’ money. Is the media listening,” screamed one of many youths from the gang as police officers and personnel watched from the Delhi facet of the border.
    Earlier within the day, Balwinder Singh Sirsa, a farmer chief from Sirsa, Haryana, whereas addressing farmers, exhorted them to not get demotivated by what occurred on January 26 because it was “orchestrated by some people to denigrate the movement”.
    A girl protester from Haryana, addressing an enormous gathering from the dais, mentioned the alleged conspiracy on that day has “failed to weaken this movement” and has moderately injected “a new lease of life” in it.
    Randhir Singh, 85, a farmer from Haryana, additionally addressed the gathering saying “I have worked with legends Mahendra Singh Tikait and I know how Jat movement was weakened few years ago”.
    “What happened on January 26 was a conspiracy. It was not done by farmers but all was part of a smear campaign bring run to defame the movement,” he alleged.
    “We are not terrorists or Khalistani. We are fighting for our rights. Attempts are still being made to defame and weaken us. But Tikait’s tears have awakened the farmers of Haryana, UP, and other states,” he mentioned.

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