A file photo of Bharatiya Kisan Union President Naresh Tikait | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Farmer leader Naresh Tikait says his Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) supported the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, but the party did not live up to their expectations after coming to power. Mr. Tikait lamented that the Bharatiya Janata … Read more
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), which are jointly organising the current farmer protest in Punjab, have announced Sunday that farmers from different parts of the country will start their journey from March 6 to reach Delhi without tractors and also will hold a “Rail Roko” agitation on March 10 for four … Read more
Chandigarh:: A farmer has died at Haryana’s Khanauri border, where protesting farmers clashed with the police this evening. Farmers’ group AIKS (All-India Kisan Sabha) alleged he died during the police action, which the Haryana police have denied. The farmers have also suspended their protest march to Delhi for two days, though the sit-in protest will … Read more
The borders around Delhi are likely to witness a showdown again from Wednesday as protesting farmers have rejected the government’s proposal of a five-year contract to buy pulses, maize, and cotton at the old minimum support price. The announcement by the protesting farmers came hours after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organisation of farmer … Read more
The protesting farmers have been camping at the border points. (File) Chandigarh: Three Union ministers held a third round of talks with the leaders of protesting farmer unions in Chandigarh on Thursday, amid a standoff between the protesters and security personnel at two points on the Punjab-Haryana border. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also joined … Read more
The meeting will be held in Chandigarh. Chandigarh: The Union government will hold a meeting with farmers in Chandigarh on Thursday and the protestors will remain peaceful and not try and push their way through the barricades and other barriers at various borders until then, a farmer leader has said. Speaking after a meeting with … Read more
Mr Thakur urged the farmers to continue their dialogue with the government. New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur has urged protesting farmers to hold talks with the government, stating that even the Indian Navy veterans were brought back from Qatar through the power of dialogue. Speaking to NDTV on Tuesday, when protesting farmers began their … Read more