NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Leader Rakesh tikait on Saturday he said they have given the government until October 2 to repeal the agricultural laws, otherwise the agricultural unions agitating against the new laws would plan more protests. Speaking in the Ghazipur protest site, Tikait said: “We have given …
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NEW DELHI: An accumulated confrontation until Thursday between the police and protesters to UP door on the Ghazipur border in Delhi after the UP government ordered the farmers camping there to be vacated and the Tikait faction of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, the group leading the agitation at the sit-in …
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NEW DELHI: Seeking to increase pressure on the government ahead of Monday’s next round of talks, farmers’ unions said on Friday that they would intensify their protests further over the next two weeks, starting on January 6, if their main demands: the repeal of three central agricultural laws and legal …
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REWARI / SHAHJAHANPUR: Haryana Police blocked both driveways from the Delhi-Jaipur Highway (NH48) on Friday to stop the march of about a thousand farmers since Maharashtra advancing with their loaded tractor wagons toward the protest site in Jaisinghpur Khera, the Haryana-Rajasthan border. The resulting grunts occurred on the first day …
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Intensifying their current agitation against the three farm laws, members of the farmers’ unions took over several toll plazas in Haryana allowing the free movement of vehicles on Friday morning. The call for all toll plazas to be free for motorists for three days was made by various farmers’ unions …
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Farmers’ protest: Bharatiya Kisan Union has been accused of accepting foreign funds (Representative) Chandigarh: One of the main farmer groups that played a major role in the protests has been accused of accepting foreign funds without proper authorizations. The Bharatiya Kisan (Ugrahan) Union, the largest and most dominant in Punjab …
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Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 18, 2020 1:03:37 pm An elderly farmer shouts slogans as others listen to a speaker as they block a main road during a protest on the Delhi-Haryana border (AP photo) Despite the limited presence of agricultural unions in the state, Haryana …
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Farmers have partially blocked the Delhi-Jaipur highway in protest against agricultural laws (archive) New Delhi: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) faction, one of the key organizations leading the farmers’ protest, saw discord today over the opening of the road on the Chilla border. The road from Noida to Delhi was …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: December 13, 2020 1:35:54 pm Boulder is taking off on Khanauri-Jind Highway. Haryana resealed its borders with Punjab at Dabwali, Jind and Fatehabad on Saturday morning. Farmers once again used their tractors to move rocks placed on the roads. Haryana’s decision to …
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Bahadurgarh (Haryana): A day after farmers’ unions rejected an elaborate proposal by the Union government to address multiple concerns related to the three controversial farm laws, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), the largest group among the 32 organizations, marked Human Rights Day demanding the release of several intellectuals and democratic …
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