Hundreds of farmers continue to protest at UP Gate, ignore Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to vacate
3 years, 11 months ago

Hundreds of farmers continue to protest at UP Gate, ignore Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to vacate

Firstpost  

Ghaziabad: Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union members stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway early on Friday, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site. In a post-midnight review of situation, Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani visited the protest site even as hundreds of security personnel in anti-riot gears were deployed since Thursday. “Excess security force from the protest site has been withdrawn and only a minimal deployment of personnel remains there,” a Ghaziabad police officer told PTI on the condition of anonymity. “Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey has communicated to the protestors camping at the UP Gate at Delhi border to vacate the spot by tonight or the administration will remove them,” a district official had told PTI.

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Farmers protest live update: Unions to resume march on Dec 8 if Centre fails to engage in talks
1 month, 1 week ago

Farmers protest live update: Unions to resume march on Dec 8 if Centre fails to engage in talks

Hindustan Times  

Farmers protest live update: Farmers walk amidst tear gas as they gather on the day they march towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at the Shambhu barrier, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Farmers protest live update: A ‘jatha’ of farmers from Punjab under …

Farmers to protest in Noida today, Rakesh Tikait claims of being stopped by cops
1 month, 1 week ago

Farmers to protest in Noida today, Rakesh Tikait claims of being stopped by cops

India Today  

Hundreds of farmers, including Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, will demonstrate in Noida and Greater Noida on Wednesday to protest against the arrest of more than 160 farmers, who staged a sit-in at the Dalit Prerna Sthal, demanding land allocation and higher compensation for their land acquired by the government. Meanwhile, farmers blocked a toll plaza in Hapur after …

Protesting farmers leave site after breaking barricades in Noida, traffic resumes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Protesting farmers leave site after breaking barricades in Noida, traffic resumes

Hindustan Times  

Farmers from Punjab, who announced that they will march towards Delhi to demand a discussion on Minimum Support Price, on Monday broke police barriers near the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida and began moving towards Delhi. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Joint CP Law and Order Noida, Shivhari Meena, told ANI, "The farmers had announced the 'Delhi Challo' march today and …

Farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march: Police say commuters must prepare for traffic jams today
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march: Police say commuters must prepare for traffic jams today

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police said commuters may face traffic jams due to farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' protest on Wednesday. The Delhi Police said it will be keeping a strict vigil at the Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders, as well as railway and Metro stations and bus stands. The Delhi Police said it will be keeping a strict vigil at the Tikri, Singhu, …

Tractor march: Farmers block highway linking Delhi,heavy traffic at Noida border
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tractor march: Farmers block highway linking Delhi,heavy traffic at Noida border

Hindustan Times  

Traffic was disrupted as farmers took out a tractor march in Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Hapur and Amroha, blocking the left lane of highways by parking their tractors. Tractors will be parked on the highway that leads to Delhi, especially the divider highway.It was decided to register a different kind of protest so that the government would listen to us …

Farmers' protest enters Day 5, next round of talks with Centre tomorrow
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Farmers' protest enters Day 5, next round of talks with Centre tomorrow

India Today  

Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, resumed their protest on the fifth day since they kicked off their 'Delhi Chalo' march on Tuesday over a legal guarantee for minimum support price. FOLLOW HERE FOR FARMERS' PROTEST LIVE BLOG FOR UPDATES FARMERS' PROTEST: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS SO FAR The government representatives will meet farmer leaders on Sunday for a fourth round of …

Farmers’ protest Live Updates, Bharat Bandh: Internet shutdown extended in Haryana
11 months ago

Farmers’ protest Live Updates, Bharat Bandh: Internet shutdown extended in Haryana

The Hindu  

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has said it will intensify agitation in the coming days as farmers’ groups, along with trade unions and others, observed ‘Bharat Bandh’. In a statement issued on the day of the bandh, the SKM also accused the Union government of “vitiating the atmosphere on farmers’ issues” by not keeping its promises made when the 2020-21 sit-in …

Delhi-Noida border sealed amid farmers' agitation march; Centre to meet with protestors
11 months, 1 week ago

Delhi-Noida border sealed amid farmers' agitation march; Centre to meet with protestors

New Indian Express  

NOIDA: Three Union Ministers - junior Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda, junior Home Minister Nityanand Rai, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal - will meet representatives of the protesting farmers in Chandigarh at 6 pm on Thursday, reported NDTV. Under the banners of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha, farmers on Thursday gathered outside the NTCP office in Noida Sector …

Wrestlers’ protest | Naresh Tikait announces mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar on June 1
1 year, 7 months ago

Wrestlers’ protest | Naresh Tikait announces mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar on June 1

The Hindu  

BKU leader Naresh Tikait said a 'mahapanchayat' will be held in Muzaffarnagar's Soram village on Thursday to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment charges. On a drama-filled Tuesday, some of India's best wrestlers accompanied by hundreds of supporters gathered on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar, threatening to immerse …

Rakesh Tikait, other protesting farmers return home after 383 days at Gazipur border
3 years, 1 month ago

Rakesh Tikait, other protesting farmers return home after 383 days at Gazipur border

Firstpost  

After continued protests at Delhi’s border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last month announced that the three laws would be repealed Ghaziabad: After an iconic fight with the Centre that resulted in the withdrawal of contentious farm laws, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait and his supporters on Wednesday left for their homes from Ghazipur on …

After 383 days at Ghazipur border, Rakesh Tikait to return home today
3 years, 1 month ago

After 383 days at Ghazipur border, Rakesh Tikait to return home today

India Today  

After 383 days of successfully leading the farmers’ protests, Bharatiya Kisan Union national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait will quit the Ghazipur border on Wednesday. For the past year, Rakesh Tikait had been camped alongside hundreds of other farmers at Delhi’s Ghazipur border to demand the repeal of the Centre’s three contentious farm laws. Having secured this landmark victory, the farmers’ agitation …

As dust settles at Delhi’s Singhu border, protest leaves little behind
3 years, 1 month ago

As dust settles at Delhi’s Singhu border, protest leaves little behind

Hindustan Times  

As the dust settles at Singhu border, the evidence of a community of several thousand farmers thriving in the middle of a national highway is not too prominent anymore. With the farmers finally departing for their homes on Saturday morning after over a year, what remains at the border – the site which became associated with the farmers’ protest against …

Border protest sites get busy as farmers prepare to leave city
3 years, 1 month ago

Border protest sites get busy as farmers prepare to leave city

Hindustan Times  

With farmers set to depart Delhi’s border points after nearly 13 months, activity has picked up at the Singhu and Ghazipur borders, where more trucks and tractor trolleys arrived on Friday. Farmers carrying their belongings leave for their native places after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha announces the suspension of ongoing protest, at Singhu Border, in New Delhi on Thursday. “The …

Farmers' protest: Will vacate Ghazipur border by December 15-16, says Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 1 month ago

Farmers' protest: Will vacate Ghazipur border by December 15-16, says Rakesh Tikait

India Today  

Bharatiya Kisan Union national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Friday that the Ghazipur border would be vacated by December 15-16. Rakesh Tikait said, “We will try to open at least one road by December 12.” Rakesh Tikait said that there is no animosity with the government and an agreement has been reached. Read | Hope farm stir success will inspire …

Farmers call off protest, to vacate site at Delhi border from 11 Dec; Rahul Gandhi hails victory
3 years, 1 month ago

Farmers call off protest, to vacate site at Delhi border from 11 Dec; Rahul Gandhi hails victory

Firstpost  

After the news about calling off the protest made headlines, people on social media expressed happiness over Centre’s decision Farmers who were protesting for more than a year over farm laws and other issues, have announced that they will end their protest on 11 December and return to their respective homes. Even a victory march will be planned on Delhi’s …

Traffic Diversions in Parts of Delhi in View of Protest March by Shiromani Akali Dal Members
3 years, 3 months ago

Traffic Diversions in Parts of Delhi in View of Protest March by Shiromani Akali Dal Members

News 18  

In view of a protest march organised by members of the Shiromani Akali Dal against the Centre’s farm laws, the Delhi Traffic Police on Friday alerted commuters about closure of specific roads and suggested diversions to avoid any inconvenience. Taking to Twitter, the Delhi Traffic Police informed about closure of roads at Jharoda Kalan border and suggested commuters to refrain …

Farmers protest: Haryana minister Anil Vij says govt ready for impartial probe into 'entire Karnal episode'
3 years, 4 months ago

Farmers protest: Haryana minister Anil Vij says govt ready for impartial probe into 'entire Karnal episode'

Firstpost  

The minister said that the probe would include an IAS officer’s controversial remark and a police lathicharge on farmers that has triggered a sit-in outside the district headquarters by protesting farmers Chandigarh: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said the government is ready for a probe into the “entire Karnal episode ”, including an IAS officer’s controversial remarks and …

Karnal mahapanchayat: Protesting farmers head towards Mini Secretariat
3 years, 4 months ago

Karnal mahapanchayat: Protesting farmers head towards Mini Secretariat

India TV News  

Haryana Kisan Mahapanchayat Updates: Farmers say they will announce their future protest plan shortly after talks with Haryana officials failed. Though there are multi-layers of barricades to stop the people from moving towards the Karnal mandi, the agitating farmers said they will reach the spot at any cost. Farmers gathered at Karnal mandi said they want action against the IAS …

Agitations to continue till demands are met: Rakesh Tikait at Kisan Mahapanchayat
3 years, 4 months ago

Agitations to continue till demands are met: Rakesh Tikait at Kisan Mahapanchayat

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait told reporters on Sunday that the farmers' agitation would continue for the foreseeable future until their demands are fulfilled by the government. The farmers' agitation will continue until the government fulfils our demands,” said Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait. BKU and Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of farmers’ unions protesting against the …

Haryana Police lathi charge rampaging farmer protesters in Karnal
3 years, 4 months ago

Haryana Police lathi charge rampaging farmer protesters in Karnal

Op India  

The Haryana Police on Saturday lathi-charged a rampaging group of farmers who had disrupted the traffic movement on a highway leading to Karnal in protest against a BJP meeting. A video of riotous protesters being lathi-charged by police personnel near Bastara toll plaza was shared by news agency ANI. #WATCH | Haryana: Police baton charged farmers who were protesting at …

After police lathi-charge protesters in Karnal, farmers call Mahapanchayat on Sunday
3 years, 4 months ago

After police lathi-charge protesters in Karnal, farmers call Mahapanchayat on Sunday

India Today  

The Haryana Police lathi-charged protesting farmers at Karnal’s Gharaunda toll plaza on Saturday. Bharatiya Kisan Union's Haryana chief Gurnam Singh Chadhuni appealed to farmers, "Continue blocking roads till all those who were detained are released by Haryana Police." PUNJAB CM SLAMS HARYANA GOVT Expressing shock at the Karnal lathi-charge incident, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh slammed his counterpart in …

Farmers' protest to continue until Govt fulfils demands: Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 6 months ago

Farmers' protest to continue until Govt fulfils demands: Rakesh Tikait

India TV News  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said that the government is not agreeing to the farmers' demands, and asserted that the 'farmers' movement' will continue until their demands are met. "In a democratic country, the government is not agreeing with the farmers, but the movement will continue until the government fulfils their demands," Tikait said in a tweet …

Farmers' protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait announces rallies in Delhi next month
3 years, 6 months ago

Farmers' protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait announces rallies in Delhi next month

India Today  

On the completion of seven months of farmers' agitation, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday announced two rallies in Delhi next month to intensify the protest against the Centre's three new farm laws. Thousands of farmers across India took out rallies to Raj Bhavans in different states on Saturday to submit a memorandum seeking repeal of new farm …

Farmers Protest on Saturday: Delhi Metro to Shut Three Yellow Line Stations for 'Security Reasons'. Check Here
3 years, 6 months ago

Farmers Protest on Saturday: Delhi Metro to Shut Three Yellow Line Stations for 'Security Reasons'. Check Here

News 18  

Several farmers camping at Delhi’s Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders will on Saturday observe ‘Save Agriculture, Save Democracy Day’ to mark the completion of seven months of their agitation against three farm laws passed by the government. Ahead of the protest, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has said that it will keep three stations of Yellow Line route – Vishwavidyalaya, …

Rakesh Tikait urges farmers to force 'king of looters' out of Delhi; says protest could go on for long
3 years, 10 months ago

Rakesh Tikait urges farmers to force 'king of looters' out of Delhi; says protest could go on for long

India TV News  

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Monday that the protest against the Centre's agri-marketing laws could go on for a long time and urged farmers to force "the king of looters" out of Delhi. He has to be forced out of Delhi," Tikait said without naming anyone at a "kisan mahapanchayat" in Nohar of Hanumangarh. A beggar will move wherever …

Protesters Won't Return Home Till Agreement is Reached, Says BKU Leader Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 11 months ago

Protesters Won't Return Home Till Agreement is Reached, Says BKU Leader Rakesh Tikait

News 18  

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday revealed plans by farmer leaders to hold meetings in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat and said protesters in Delhi will not return home until the Centre reaches an agreement with them. It was not immediately clear if the remark made at a "mahapanchayat" here was a climb down from Tikait's earlier assertion …

Farmers' protest: Delhi Metro temporarily closes gates at several stations due to 'chakka jam'
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers' protest: Delhi Metro temporarily closes gates at several stations due to 'chakka jam'

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Entry and exit facilities at several prominent Delhi metro stations were on Saturday temporarily closed in view of the ‘chakka jam’ protests by farmer unions agitating against the new agri laws. However, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the farmer unions protesting the three farm laws, on Friday said the protesters will not block roads in …

Farmers’ protests | Farmers, the state, and a rising tide
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ protests | Farmers, the state, and a rising tide

The Hindu  

The capital wears the look of a city fortified and battle-ready. The three-hour chakka jam on February 6 announced by a section of protesting farmers on all State and national highways around and beyond Delhi — the first “big event” since a proposed march to Parliament on February 1 was postponed — will be a test of self-discipline for the …

LIVE: Three-hour-long 'chakka jaam' on Feb 6, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 11 months ago

LIVE: Three-hour-long 'chakka jaam' on Feb 6, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Business Standard  

Going firm on their demand for repeal of the new agri laws, hundreds of farmers spent another night in the cold and withstood spells of drizzle on Thursday at Ghazipur, their heavily-secured protest site at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, leading the stir here since November with his supporters, said the movement at Delhi's outskirts …

Delhi Police main culprit: Rakesh Tikait alleges conspiracy in R-Day tractor rally violence
3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Police main culprit: Rakesh Tikait alleges conspiracy in R-Day tractor rally violence

India TV News  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday accused the Delhi Police of conspiracy behind the Republic Day violence. It barricaded the route allotted to us for the tractor rally and opened Delhi giving way to the farmers to enter the national capital," he stated. On Republic Day, protestors did not follow the prearranged route and broke barricades to enter …

Farmers’ agitation may continue till October: Bharatiya Kisan Union
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ agitation may continue till October: Bharatiya Kisan Union

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Refusing to budge, Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Tuesday that the farmers’ agitation may continue till October as the protesters are not going to return home until the three controversial agricultural reform laws are withdrawn by the government. Soon after a delegation of Shiv Sena MPs, led by Sanjay Raut, met Mr Tikait at the …

Police use barbed wire, spikes, trenches to cut off protest sites
3 years, 11 months ago

Police use barbed wire, spikes, trenches to cut off protest sites

The Hindu  

Delhi has been turned into a fortress as the police continued to block access to border protest sites on Tuesday with concrete barricades, barbed wire, nails and trenches across approach roads, and undertook massive deployment of security personnel. Farmers' Protest | One farmer suicide at Delhi’s border, says Home Ministry Farm unions have condemned the police repression and arrests. The …

Farmers’ protest | We will block highways on February 6, say farmer leaders
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ protest | We will block highways on February 6, say farmer leaders

The Hindu  

Farmer leaders heading the agitation against the three farm laws on Monday announced to block the national and State highways across the country on February 6 in support of their demands. Making the announcement, Balbir Singh Rajewal, who heads a faction of the Bharatiya Kisan Union in Punjab, accused the government of repression by blocking roads around the protest sites, …

Tikait seeks respectable solution to end farm stir
3 years, 11 months ago

Tikait seeks respectable solution to end farm stir

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With more farmers streaming into the protest sites at Delhi’s borders, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday that the farmers’ unions were ready for a “respectable solution”, but they would “never agree to anything under pressure”. As the stream of farmers heading for Delhi’s borders remained incessant on the 67th day of the massive agitation, …

Farmers protest: Despite increasing number of barricades thousands converge at Ghazipur
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers protest: Despite increasing number of barricades thousands converge at Ghazipur

The Hindu  

Despite an increasing number of barricades, thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following a tearful Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s impassioned appeal to protesters to bolster the stir. A Bharatiya Kisan Union member said Mr. Tikait has been sleeping only for around three hours a day for the last three days. Referring …

Arvind Kejriwal reiterates support to farmers' protest
3 years, 11 months ago

Arvind Kejriwal reiterates support to farmers' protest

The Hindu  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday reiterated his support to the farmers protesting the Centre's new agri laws and said he will offer any help possible to them. Tikait in a tweet had earlier thanked Kejriwal for providing basic facilities at the Gazipur protest site. "@ArvindKejriwal Thank you for providing basic facilities to the farmers at the #GhazipurProtest site," …

Ideological fight with govt, will return home when new farm laws are repealed: Rakesh Tikait
3 years, 11 months ago

Ideological fight with govt, will return home when new farm laws are repealed: Rakesh Tikait

India TV News  

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday asked the Centre to explain to farmers, as to why it does not want to repeal the three farm laws, while promising it that they “will not let the government bow its head” before the world. Tikait appeared to make the conciliatory offer to the government amid swelling support for farmers' stir with hundreds …

Ghazipur farmers' protest gets new life, hundreds flock to Delhi, mahapanchayats held in UP
3 years, 11 months ago

Ghazipur farmers' protest gets new life, hundreds flock to Delhi, mahapanchayats held in UP

India Today  

Farmers protesting against the Centre's three new farm laws said they are in favour of a "respectful solution" but will not agree to anything "under pressure". Ghazipur Border Protest Farmer leaders Rakesh and Naresh Tikait demanded that the government release the protesters to create a conducive environment for talks, even as Prime Minister Modi, during his monthly radio address, said …

Kisan Union leader demands restoration of internet at protest sites; threatens protest
3 years, 11 months ago

Kisan Union leader demands restoration of internet at protest sites; threatens protest

India TV News  

As the internet services were shut down in parts of Delhi-NCR close to farmers' protest sites, Krantikari Kisan Union leader Darshal Pal has appealed to the government to restore the services, else the farmers will protest against it. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union supporters stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Friday as the crowd swelled there, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration's …

Punjab village to fine families if they don't send people to Delhi border for protests
3 years, 11 months ago

Punjab village to fine families if they don't send people to Delhi border for protests

Op India  

Adding to the high political drama going on around the ‘farmer protests’ following the Republic Day violence, the Sarpanch Virk Khurd gram panchayat in Bathinda, Punjab has passed a Tughlaqi Farmaan. The Sarpanch named Manjit Kaur has ordered that at one member from each family in the village will be sent to the protests going on at Delhi borders for …

Delhi borders tense as ‘locals’, farmers clash
3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi borders tense as ‘locals’, farmers clash

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Several people were injured as clashes erupted between the protesting farmers and a group of locals at Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border on Friday as the police resorted to a lathicharge and used teargas shells to disperse the crowd. The clashes erupted at Singhu at about 1.40 pm after a group of 200-odd people claiming to be “locals” …

’Farmers won’t go back from protests humiliated, defamed’: Yogendra Yadav
3 years, 11 months ago

’Farmers won’t go back from protests humiliated, defamed’: Yogendra Yadav

Live Mint  

Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Yogendra Yadav said on Friday evening that the protesting farmers have no plans of returning home. "Modi ji and Yogi ji and all others must listen carefully, farmers will not go back from this movement, humiliated and defamed," said Yadav at a rally at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh borders. Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union members stayed put on …

More Farmers from Haryana to Head Towards Protest Sites Along Delhi Borders
3 years, 11 months ago

More Farmers from Haryana to Head Towards Protest Sites Along Delhi Borders

News 18  

Several farmers from parts of Haryana on Friday decided to move towards Delhi borders to join the ongoing agitation against agri laws and held protests against lookout notices to peasant leaders and the Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to vacate protest site. The farmers claimed that issuing the lookout notices and asking the farmers to vacate the site will not weaken the …

Delhi: Crowd swells at Ghazipur border, Rakesh Tikait says 'farmers won't vacate'
3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi: Crowd swells at Ghazipur border, Rakesh Tikait says 'farmers won't vacate'

India TV News  

Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union members stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Friday as the crowd swelled there overnight. Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani visited the protest site post midnight to review the situation. Meanwhile, a confrontation was building up at the UP Gate where BKU members led by Rakesh Tikait …

Rakesh Tikait, BKU members stay put at protest site in Ghaziabad
3 years, 11 months ago

Rakesh Tikait, BKU members stay put at protest site in Ghaziabad

Live Mint  

Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union members stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway early on Friday, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site. A confrontation was building up at the UP Gate in Ghazipur even as frequent power cuts were witnessed in the evening at the protest site, where BKU members, led by Rakesh Tikait, are …

Farmers vs 'locals' at Singhu, Tikri borders; more protesters to join stir at Ghazipur | Key points
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers vs 'locals' at Singhu, Tikri borders; more protesters to join stir at Ghazipur | Key points

India Today  

A day after the farmers' protests at Delhi borders seemed to be thinning out amid heavy security deployment, thousands of farmers gathered at Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar in a show of strength, extending support to their counterparts at the Delhi-UP Ghazipur border. A sea of farmers gathered at a Muzaffarnagar town on Friday for the 'Mahapanchayat' in support of the Bharatiya …

As Authorities Ordered to Clear Sites of Farmers' Protests, BKU's Tikait Brothers Disagree Over Next Move
3 years, 11 months ago

As Authorities Ordered to Clear Sites of Farmers' Protests, BKU's Tikait Brothers Disagree Over Next Move

News 18  

Two days after the events of Republic Day that saw the farmers’ tractor rally against Centre’s farm laws turn violent, tensions are still brewing high in Delhi. “We’ll get water from our villages.” But his brother Naresh Tikait, who is President of the same union, said that the over two-month-long farmers’ agitation will end on Thursday. Following the ultimatum, police …

'Vacate Ghazipur protest site': Ghaziabad admin's ultimatum to farmers, action expected tonight
3 years, 11 months ago

'Vacate Ghazipur protest site': Ghaziabad admin's ultimatum to farmers, action expected tonight

India TV News  

The Ghaziabad administration has reportedly served an ultimatum to protesting farmers to vacate the Ghazipur protest site. A heavy police deployment has been made at Ghazipur and Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey along with other top police officials have reached the protest site. The agitation at the Ghazipur border against the three farm laws is being led by Bhartiya …

Farmers' protest losing steam? Kisan Mahapanchayat to vacate Shahjahanpur site
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers' protest losing steam? Kisan Mahapanchayat to vacate Shahjahanpur site

India Today  

After the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan, Bharatiya Kisan Union and Bhartiya Kisan Union withdrew their agitation against the farm laws, the Kisan Mahapanchayat on Thursday said it would vacate the Shahjahanpur protest site in the wake of the violence in Delhi on Republic Day. We have decided to vacate the protest site at Shahjahanpur," ANI quoted Kisan Mahapanchayat leader Rampal …

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