Raju Ahlawat, resigns as BKU Saharanpur division chief, joins BJP
India | Oct 10, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTThe BKU is one of the 32 farmer unions protesting against the Centre's three agri laws.
The BKU is one of the 32 farmer unions protesting against the Centre's three agri laws.
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders met the family of deceased farmer Lovepreet at the Chaukhada farm in Palia at around 9 pm on Wednesday.
Giant replica of a tractor being used by farmers to till land is placed at the entrance of Dumdum Park Bharat Chakra pandal in the northern fringes of Kolkata, depicting their struggle.
CM Kejriwal demanded that accused in the case be arrested and Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Kumar Mishra, whose son has been named as accused in the incident, be sacked.
Sumit Jaiswal, a member of the Shivpuri ward in the Nagar Palika Parishad Lakhimpur and who was seen running out of a car in a viral video, spoke to India TV about the Sunday violence in which 8 people died including 4 farmers.
MoS Home Ajay Mishra has refuted allegations that his son Ashish Mishra was involved in the incident at Lakhimpur Kheri and said that three BJP workers and a driver were beaten to death by "some elements" present among the protesting farmers there.
The editorial also slammed media persons for focusing on the arrest of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the drug case over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
In a video released by Congress, Priyanka Gandhi was seen sweeping the floor of a room where she was apparently kept by the police.
"It is a victory of farmers and they are being paid for their hard work. The govt failed as they kept postponing date of procurement," the Congress leader added.
The Centre on Thursday postponed procurement of kharif paddy in Punjab and Haryana till October 11 as the crop maturity is delayed owing to recent heavy rains.
The impact of the 6 am to 4 pm Bharat Bandh, which saw demonstrations in many places, passed off relatively peacefully with no reports of injuries or serious clashes.
The protestors, mostly supporters of the Bharatiya Kisan Parishad, have been staging a sit-in outside the Noida Authority's office for the past several days over a host of demands including hiked compensation for their land acquired by the government.
During the event to be held at the Defence Expo Ground, the Chief Minister will interact with the farmers and an exhibition will be also organised.
"The police or the political goons in Haryana smashed farmers' heads going by the orders of DM, who must have acted on the orders of the state govt," Raut stated.
Nuakhai Juhar is celebrated in western Odisha and southern Chattisgarh.
While farmers continue their sit-in protest at the mini-secretariat gate, DC Nishant Kumar Yadav, IG Mamta Singh and SP Gangaram Punia, other senior officers are still holding talks with them so that some positive solutions can be found, the Haryana government said in a statement.
Security arrangements have been beefed up in Karnal as farmers will be holding a mahapanchayat today and also plan to gherao the mini-secretariat.
Earlier in the day, farmers said that if the government doesn't hold talks with us by Saturday evening, then they will a Punjab Bandh call.
The Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh said his government had decided to waive off loans amounting to Rs 520 crore of farm labor and landless farmers, with respect to the principal amount against their cooperative loans as of July 31, 2017, and simple interest at the rate of seven percent per annum on the above amount till March 6, 2019.
Bharat Singh Bais, an Ujjain-based farmers' leader, said at times, farmers prepare themselves for sowing as per the IMD's weather forecast.
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