Release of all political prisoners is one of our demands: In conversation with Sukhdarshan Natt of Punjab Kisan Union
4 years ago

Release of all political prisoners is one of our demands: In conversation with Sukhdarshan Natt of Punjab Kisan Union

Firstpost  

As farmers continue to protest against the Centre’s farm bills, they have also raised various other issues, one of them being a demand for the release of all political prisoners; farmers, activists, intellectuals, anybody wrongfully imprisoned in recent times. Now, if any government asks them to bring their parent’s birth certificate, those lakhs and lakhs of Punjabis whose first generation was born in Pakistan’s Punjab, how will they be able to bring their birth certificate?” asks Sukhdarshan Natt, 61, a protestor from the Punjab Kisan Union. “We have come to this honest demand to the government, that all the intellectuals who have been accused in the false cases, doesn’t matter if they are farmers or revolutionaries, they have been wrongly involved and sent to jail. Meanwhile, following another round of talks with the Centre today, the farmers have rejected the government proposals and also declared that protests will be intensified.

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Why are farmers protesting in Punjab again?
1 year, 4 months ago

Why are farmers protesting in Punjab again?

Firstpost  

Thousands of policemen have been deployed as 16 farmer unions including Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union, BKU, Aazaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, BKU and Bhoomi Bachao Mohim have called a protest over a demand of Rs 50,000 crore as compensation Farmers in Punjab have hit the streets yet again. Shiromani Akali Dal leader Daljit Singh Cheema condemned the police …

Punjab: At a point of political inflection post farmer agitation?
2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab: At a point of political inflection post farmer agitation?

India Today  

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Rapes, murders, business losses: The sordid legacy of farmers' protests
3 years ago

Rapes, murders, business losses: The sordid legacy of farmers' protests

Op India  

The months-long farmers’ protests that were started in November 2020 is drawing close to an end after the bill to cancel the three farm laws was passed in both houses of the parliament on Monday. From business losses to the tunes of Rs 60,000 crores to the egregious subversion of the elected government, to the insidious resurgence and manifestation of …

Farm protests have never been about farmers, Lakhimpur Kheri vindicates that again
3 years, 2 months ago

Farm protests have never been about farmers, Lakhimpur Kheri vindicates that again

Firstpost  

We all must have written essays in our school days on ‘How to improve conditions of farmers in India’. But in 2020, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced three farm laws to provide farmers a wider choice to sell their produce, everyone took a royal U-turn in the pressure of the resourceful middlemen lobby and unions represented by the large …

Withdraw Cases Lodged Against Farmers for Protest Marches: Samyukt Kisan Morcha
3 years, 5 months ago

Withdraw Cases Lodged Against Farmers for Protest Marches: Samyukt Kisan Morcha

News 18  

Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of cases registered against farmers during their protest marches on Saturday to mark seven months of their agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws. Farmers on Saturday marched towards the Raj Bhavan in different states to submit memoranda, addressed to the president, and to governors to mark seven months of protests against …

Farmers' Protest | Camaraderie and humanism to the fore
3 years, 10 months ago

Farmers' Protest | Camaraderie and humanism to the fore

The Hindu  

Farmers and farmer associations are protesting against recently passed three agri-marketing reform laws at the borders of the National Capital at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur since September. While the Union government and protesting farmers are continuing their talks, a Supreme Court-appointed committee is also looking at way to reach an amicable solution. Despite heavy police presence, internet being frequently cut-off …

Farmers’ protest | U.S. calls for dialogue, recognises right to protest
3 years, 10 months ago

Farmers’ protest | U.S. calls for dialogue, recognises right to protest

The Hindu  

Following expressions of support on social media to the farmers’ protest by several well-known personalities and celebrities, including pop icon Rihanna, youth climate activist Greta Thunberg and others, the U.S government has also spoken, encouraging dialogue and supporting the right to peaceful protest. In general, the United States welcomes steps that would improve the efficiency of India's markets and attract …

Opinion | Who is misleading Punjab farmers by resorting to false propaganda?
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | Who is misleading Punjab farmers by resorting to false propaganda?

India TV News  

In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Tuesday night, farmers from remote areas revealed how Left activists in Punjab went from village to village in recent months and mobilized farmers to join the march to Delhi to demand repeal of the new farm laws. The farmer also narrated how Left party workers circulated pictures of elderly Sikh farmers …

Farmers refuse to yield in the face of governmental ridicule and harassment
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers refuse to yield in the face of governmental ridicule and harassment

The Hindu  

They have been branded leftists and separatists and called all sorts of names. “We are not going anywhere,” says a farmer at the Singhu border, one of the main protest sites on National Highway One which links Delhi and Punjab, determined to stay put. We are aware that for the fight to win, farmers’ issues will have to take precedence.” …

Protestors constitute less than 1% of real farmers in the country
4 years ago

Protestors constitute less than 1% of real farmers in the country

Op India  

Even as the left-liberal media is trying hard to project the ‘farmers’ protest in the national capital as some sort of an uprising against the Modi government, it is being estimated that not even 1 per cent of the total farmers in the country are part of these protests indicating that a large of numbers of farmers have no issues …

Opinion | How Punjab farmer agitation was hijacked by their Left-leaning leaders
4 years ago

Opinion | How Punjab farmer agitation was hijacked by their Left-leaning leaders

India TV News  

In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Friday night, we showed how a handful of farmer leaders, with Leftist and anti-Modi leanings, have hijacked the farmers’ agitation in Delhi. Baldev Singh Nihalgarh runs the CPI farmers’ wing Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha and has supporters in Bhatinda, Moga, Mansa and Patiala. Another important farmer leader is Ruldu Singh Mansa …

Farmers protest: BKU hails Naxalism, reveals demand to release accused
4 years ago

Farmers protest: BKU hails Naxalism, reveals demand to release accused

Op India  

The farmer protest ongoing in Delhi, mostly by Punjab farmers has morphed into another show of strength by those who wish the see the ‘tukde tukde’ of India. While we have extensively covered how the protest was hijacked by Khalistani elements, now, it seems that certain organisations are all set to use the veil of farmers protest to demand the …

Worries of a Fresh Crop: Why the Spiralling Farmers' Protests Are Making Punjab Politicians Jittery
4 years ago

Worries of a Fresh Crop: Why the Spiralling Farmers' Protests Are Making Punjab Politicians Jittery

News 18  

After the euphoria now the apprehension. As the farmers’ protests don’t show any immediate signs of ending and the protesters have dug their heels in, many political parties are seeking to benefit from the movement. The other important factor is that till now the middle class hasn’t been drawn by the farmers’ movement and protests. The Aam Aadmi Party, many …

Burari an Open Jail, Won’t Go: Highlights From Farmers’ Presser
4 years ago

Burari an Open Jail, Won’t Go: Highlights From Farmers’ Presser

The Quint  

Protesting farmers on Sunday, 29 November, rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s offer for a discussion of their grievances against the Centre’s new farm laws, which was contingent to a change in their protest location. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Saturday, had said: “If farmers’ unions want to hold discussions before 3 December, then I want to assure you …

Farmers' protests: Left parties condemn police action on protesters, ask Centre to roll back laws
4 years ago

Farmers' protests: Left parties condemn police action on protesters, ask Centre to roll back laws

Firstpost  

The Left parties on Friday stood in solidarity with the farmers who converged in Delhi to protest the Centre’s new farm laws New Delhi: The Left parties on Friday stood in solidarity with the farmers who converged in Delhi to protest the Centre’s new farm laws and condemned the use of force against the protestors. 👇🏾https://t.co/AiqngoAAsC pic.twitter.com/wENThDndDK — Sitaram Yechury …

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