Farmers protest against land acquisition in Haryana; Delhi-Jaipur highway blocked for two hours
India | August 14, 2022 8:11 ISTFarmers' protest: The protesters carrying national flags blocked the busy highway at Pachgaon Chowk around 10 am.
Farmers' protest: The protesters carrying national flags blocked the busy highway at Pachgaon Chowk around 10 am.
Punjab farmers protest: Several farmer organisations including Bharti Kisan Union (Sidhupur) had announced to protest against the Mann government on many issues.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted on October 3 last year when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area.
The SC bench said that it was not necessary to observe that the bail application of the accused should not be heard by the same judge, saying this aspect was better left to the chief justice of the high court.
Tikait also added that the farmer umbrella body Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will back every Chief Minister who fights for the farmers' issues.
Constituent organisations associated with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha will organise dharnas, demonstrations, seminars during the 'MSP Legal Guarantee Week'.
The Centre had also agreed to the demand of the agitating farmers' umbrella organisation Samyukta Kisan Morcha for the withdrawal of the cases registered against the protesters, between November 2020 to December 2021.
Since October, Ashish Mishra had been lodged in jail, while a local court in Lakhimpur Kheri refused to grant him bail.
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Earlier in December last year, the SKM had announced the suspension of their year-long agitation after they received a letter from the Central government, with promises of forming a committee on MSP.
All opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party, Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party, have given priority to the issues related to farmers, while the ruling BJP claims that the Yogi Adityanath-led government has done several important works for the development of the region.
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Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik was speaking at a public event on the sidelines of an event in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri where he was honoured by the Phogat Khap.
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The protests generated public reactions globally. It also evoked responses from teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg, singer-activist Rihanna and lawyer-author Meena Harris, niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris.
The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) continued his attack on the Centre as he returned home after 383 days of protest at Ghazipur on Delhi's border.
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has warned people against using his photographs on political hoardings.
Responding to whether he will join any party or contest elections, Tikait said, "I'm not going to contest any election and no political party should use my name or photo in their posters."
Famers camping at the Ghazipur border are going back to their home states, days after the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) suspended the protest following the repeal of three farm laws.
A large portion of the Ghazipur border would be vacated on Sunday, though it will be fully vacated by December 15, tikait said.
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