Punjab government directs district authorities to ensure safety of BJP leaders
3 years, 9 months ago

Punjab government directs district authorities to ensure safety of BJP leaders

India Today  

The Punjab government on Monday directed all deputy commissioners and district police chiefs to ensure safety and security of the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders during their scheduled programmes. "In view of the extremely surcharged atmosphere when such BJP programmes are scheduled in your districts, DCs, CPs, and SSPs must ensure the maintenance of public order and communal harmony and ensure the safety and security of visiting BJP leaders," it said. Several Punjab BJP leaders had even staged a sit-in outside the official residence of state chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday. BJP leaders in Punjab are facing the ire of farmers demanding the withdrawal of the Centre's three new agricultural laws for the last four months.

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Punjab: Farmers hold 'rail roko' agitation to press MSD demand, train services affected
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Punjab: Farmers hold 'rail roko' agitation to press MSD demand, train services affected

India TV News  

The movement of several trains was affected in Punjab on Wednesday as farmers squatted on the tracks as part of their three-hour 'rail roko' protest in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP on crops. According to farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, the protests, organised by Samyukta Kisan Morcha and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, began at 12 pm, …

Security up in Punjab before PM’s visit as farmers plan stir
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Security up in Punjab before PM’s visit as farmers plan stir

Hindustan Times  

Thousands of police personnel and at least three companies of paramilitary forces were on Wednesday stationed at various points in Punjab ahead of a call by farmer unions for a demonstration against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to arrive in the state to kick off his election campaign on Thursday. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha …

Punjab: Chief Electoral Officer asks farmers' bodies to refrain from disrupting poll campaigns
8 months, 1 week ago

Punjab: Chief Electoral Officer asks farmers' bodies to refrain from disrupting poll campaigns

India TV News  

Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the country, the Chief Electoral Officer of Punjab on Thursday asked farmers' organisations to refrain from disrupting electoral campaigns for the Lok Sabha elections. However, after the farmers' delegation meeting with the CEO, farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said it is their democratic right to pose questions to candidates. BJP facing agitation while …

Punjab Government aiding efforts to subvert BJP campaign: Sunil Jakhar
8 months, 1 week ago

Punjab Government aiding efforts to subvert BJP campaign: Sunil Jakhar

The Hindu  

Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer on Monday sought an action taken report from the State’s Director General of Police, after the Bharatiya Janta Party expressed concern over law and order, complaining about failure of the State machinery to protect the right to campaign. BJP Punjab president Sunil Jakhar led a delegation to meet the CEO Sibin C here and complained about …

‘Delhi chalo’ call by farmers: Police deployment enhanced at railway stations, bus stands
10 months, 1 week ago

‘Delhi chalo’ call by farmers: Police deployment enhanced at railway stations, bus stands

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said they have made elaborate security arrangements at the Capital’s railway stations and interstate bus terminals in view of the “Delhi Chalo” march call given by different farmer outfits in Punjab. The development comes after the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha — the two umbrella bodies that are spearheading the farmers’ agitation …

Punjab: Oppn Congress MLAs raise farmers’ issue, disrupt governor’s speech in assembly
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab: Oppn Congress MLAs raise farmers’ issue, disrupt governor’s speech in assembly

Hindustan Times  

Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit’s address in the assembly on the opening day of the budget session on Friday was disrupted by the opposition Congress legislators, who raised the issues of the protesting farmers, and resorted to sloganeering. Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit and chief minister Bhagwant Mann arriving at the Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on the opening day of the budget …

MHA, Punjab government at loggerheads over farm agitation, law & order
10 months, 3 weeks ago

MHA, Punjab government at loggerheads over farm agitation, law & order

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Amid massive protests by agitating farmers, the Centre and Punjab government seem to have entered into a face-off, with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs sending a stern advisory asking the AAP-ruled state to take action to ensure peace and order. The Punjab chief secretary Anurag Verma retorted that the police maintained peace despite Haryana cops injuring 160 …

Farmers’ Protest 2024: 21-year-old farmer killed as protesters move from Punjab into Haryana
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers’ Protest 2024: 21-year-old farmer killed as protesters move from Punjab into Haryana

The Hindu  

I A 21-year-old farmer was killed on Wednesday as protesting farmers made a fresh attempt to resume their march to Delhi from Punjab, where they have been camping for the last nine days. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said a police case would be registered after the postmortem of Shubhkaran Singh and action taken against those found responsible. Discussion on …

Need to show more sympathy to farmers: Punjab government to MHA
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Need to show more sympathy to farmers: Punjab government to MHA

The Hindu  

A day after the Ministry of Home Affairs sought a report from the Punjab Government that law and order should be maintained in the wake of the farmers protest, the State Government replied that more than 160 people have been injured till now due to firing of tear gas shells from drones, rubber bullets, and the use of physical force …

'Maintain law and order': Home Ministry sends advisory to Punjab govt on farmers protest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Maintain law and order': Home Ministry sends advisory to Punjab govt on farmers protest

India TV News  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has dispatched an advisory to the Punjab government, urging it to uphold law and order amidst the ongoing farmers' agitation, said sources. With tensions running high amid the farmers' agitation, the MHA's advisory served as an urgent call to action for the Punjab government. Centre's call for action Earlier, in light of the situation, the …

Centre calls for talks yet again, but farmers seek ‘positive’ offer
11 months ago

Centre calls for talks yet again, but farmers seek ‘positive’ offer

The Hindu  

Even as protesting farmers from Punjab continue to camp near different locations on the boundary with Haryana, farmer representatives and Union Ministers will hold another set of talks on February 15. “National highway is the property of nation and farmers were just to pass from Haryana’s jurisdiction to reach Delhi,” he said, terming the role of the Haryana government unconstitutional …

Haryana home minister questions free passage to farmers in Punjab
11 months ago

Haryana home minister questions free passage to farmers in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

Haryana home minister Anil Vij on Wednesday expressed surprise and questioned the role of the Punjab government in giving free passage to agitating farmers and then objecting to security personnel from Haryana using drones to drop tear-gas shells at Shambhu border to prevent the protesters from entering the state. “When the farmers from Amritsar embarked on the march, why didn’t …

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 …

Those who demanding Governor's rule are anti-Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann slams BJP
1 year, 10 months ago

Those who demanding Governor's rule are anti-Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann slams BJP

India TV News  

Ajnala Incident: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Monday lambasted BJP leaders, including former CM Amarinder Singh for demanding "Governor's rule" in the state saying people know that these leaders have always been "anti-Punjab". "Capt Amarinder Singh, Kewal Dhillon, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Fateh Jang Bajwa, Raj Kumar Verka, Gurpreet Kangar, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi.all Congressmen in BJP these days can often …

Punjab polls | BJP rakes up conversions, anti-Sikh riots and national security issues to corner Congress
2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab polls | BJP rakes up conversions, anti-Sikh riots and national security issues to corner Congress

India Today  

As the election campaigning in Punjab enters its last leg, prominent Bharatiya Janata Party leaders like party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised the 1984 anti-Sikh riots issue to corner the Congress. READ | 'Channi gives Channi a clean chit': AAP shares meme targeting Punjab CM over illegal mining case "Channi is dreaming of a …

Who will form the next government in Punjab?
3 years ago

Who will form the next government in Punjab?

India Today  

With the victorious farmers coming back home, a big issue concerning the rural population is off the hook and the state’s first Dalit chief minister, Charanjit Channi, is on a roll trying to pull in the Dalit votes. Akali Dal Advantages a) Sukhbir Badal is trying to bring the dominant Jat Sikh community back into the SAD fold b) Jat …

Farm Laws: Sikhs Have Made Delhi Bend Again, Govt Can't Spin It Any Other Way
3 years, 1 month ago

Farm Laws: Sikhs Have Made Delhi Bend Again, Govt Can't Spin It Any Other Way

The Quint  

Those who say that the farmers' protest would have led to a "1980s-type uprising" or that it would harm "relations between Hindus and Sikhs" know nothing about Sikhs or Punjab. Anyone who knows the history of agrarian politics in Punjab would know that the farm unions have consistently been on the anti-Khalistan side. Several surveys have shown that PM Modi …

Modi's decision takes BJP cadre by surprise
3 years, 1 month ago

Modi's decision takes BJP cadre by surprise

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: An “election-related strategy” or a decision to “avert any national security threat”? The announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal the three contentious farm laws surprised many within the ruling BJP, whose leaders and cadre had been “painstakingly” highlighting the “merits” of the now soon-to-be repealed legislations. While the BJP “wholeheartedly welcomed” the decision to repeal the …

Farmer Unions 'Hold Campaign' Diktat Miffs Punjab Political Parties
3 years, 4 months ago

Farmer Unions 'Hold Campaign' Diktat Miffs Punjab Political Parties

News 18  

The diktat by Samyukt Kisan Morcha to put on hold election campaigns till formal announcement of dates for Punjab Assembly polls is made, has not gone down well with political parties with differences even said to be emerging amongst farm unions over the issue. Opposition parties like the Shiromani AKali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party have expressed fears that …

‘Choice of words inappropriate but strictness was needed’: Haryana CM on Karnal official’s 'crack farmers' heads' remark
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Choice of words inappropriate but strictness was needed’: Haryana CM on Karnal official’s 'crack farmers' heads' remark

Firstpost  

Karnal Sub-divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha was caught on camera purportedly telling police to break the heads of agitating farmers Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday accused the Amarinder Singh government in Punjab, besides the Congress and the Left, of fueling farmers’ unrest against the Centre ’s three farm laws in his state. On Karnal SDM Ayush Singh, …

Ahead of assembly election, farmers' protest causes problems for BJP in Punjab
3 years, 6 months ago

Ahead of assembly election, farmers' protest causes problems for BJP in Punjab

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is having a difficult time in Punjab as anger among the farming community against its leadership and the Centre’s three contentious farm laws expands. The latter’s decision to break the partnership has meant that a party which once enjoyed the support of stalwarts like former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal is now struggling to find Sikh …

Turmoil in Punjab Cong: 3 ministers seek Sidhu’s scalp after his fresh salvo at Captain
3 years, 8 months ago

Turmoil in Punjab Cong: 3 ministers seek Sidhu’s scalp after his fresh salvo at Captain

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Congress appears to be in turmoil in Punjab over the sacrilege and police firing cases with former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu again targeting chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday and three cabinet ministers demanding disciplinary action against the “dissident MLA” for his anti-party actions. UGLY SPAT The demand for action against Sidhu came hours after the dissident …

Seven farmer leaders booked for thrashing, stripping Punjab BJP MLA, no arrests made so far
3 years, 9 months ago

Seven farmer leaders booked for thrashing, stripping Punjab BJP MLA, no arrests made so far

India Today  

The Punjab Police has booked seven farmer leaders on charges of thrashing BJP MLA from Abohar, Arun Narang, on Saturday evening. Those booked include Bharatiya Kisan Union Sidhupur president Sukhdev Singh Burabujar, cashier of BKU Nanak Singh besides five others who have been booked for rioting and murderous attack on the BJP MLA. BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh has …

OPINION | With the entry of politicians, farmer leaders now stand at the crossroads
3 years, 11 months ago

OPINION | With the entry of politicians, farmer leaders now stand at the crossroads

India TV News  

The image of a senior Delhi Police officer bloodied after a sword attack by a protester on Friday at Delhi’s Singhu border has caused nationwide consternation. A similar situation has occurred at Delhi’s Tikri border, where villagers from nearby areas staged protest and demanded that the farmers should leave the area by Sunday, otherwise the locals from 36 villages would …

Farmers’ protests | Return to Delhi borders, Amarinder Singh tells farmers
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ protests | Return to Delhi borders, Amarinder Singh tells farmers

The Hindu  

Amid incidents of violence in Delhi on Tuesday, the Punjab and the Haryana governments have announced high alert to ensure peace. Terming the violence perpetrated by certain elements as unacceptable, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged all genuine farmers to immediately vacate Delhi and return to the borders, where they had been protesting peacefully for the past two months. Haryana …

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh appeals to PM Modi to accept farmers' demands
3 years, 11 months ago

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh appeals to PM Modi to accept farmers' demands

India TV News  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to accept the farmers' demands, saying the new farm laws were "completely wrong". The chief minister alleged that the Centre had deliberately kept Punjab out of the high-powered committee initially as they knew that the voices of protest would rise from here, adding that "these voices will …

'No Protest Should Run So Long, it Could Turn Violent'
3 years, 11 months ago

'No Protest Should Run So Long, it Could Turn Violent'

News 18  

As the farmers’ agitation against farm laws continue at Delhi borders, there is a growing disquiet withing the ranks of the BJP in Punjab. Former BJP national vice president and veteran party leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla said that the agitation shouldn’t have been allowed to go for so long. The party leaders are expressing apprehension that the protests could turn …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal’s voice is missing in farmers’ stir
3 years, 11 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal’s voice is missing in farmers’ stir

Deccan Chronicle  

It was on the day the farm bills were passed in the Lok Sabha that the Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union minister for food processing, announced her resignation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet in September 2020. But television news channels supporting the Narendra Modi government have tried to build a counter-narrative that the Congress was using the “Khalistanis” …

Opinion | How Punjab farmer agitation was hijacked by their Left-leaning leaders
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Worries of a Fresh Crop: Why the Spiralling Farmers' Protests Are Making Punjab Politicians Jittery
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Why Punjab farmers are marching towards New Delhi | Explained
4 years, 1 month ago

Why Punjab farmers are marching towards New Delhi | Explained

India Today  

Thousands of Punjab farmers, most of them senior citizens, have come together in large numbers in continuation of their protest against the Centre's new farm laws. Punjab farmers, representing over 30 farm bodies, announced that on November 26 and 27, they would go towards Delhi through many routes, including Lalru, Shambhu, Patiala-Pehowa, Patran-Khanauri, Moonak-Tohana, Ratia-Fatehabad and Talwandi-Sirsa to protest against …

Punjab BJP leader quits over farm laws
4 years, 2 months ago

Punjab BJP leader quits over farm laws

The Hindu  

BJP general secretary and core committee member Malvinder Kang has resigned from the party over the Centre’s agriculture sector legislations, as he felt that neither party’s State nor the central leadership was paying heed to the demands to address the concerns of farmers’ surrounding the laws. Peeved over the indifferent attitude of the party leadership towards farmers’ anxiety, Mr. Kang …

Protests against farm laws intensify in Punjab, Karnataka; tractor set on fire in Delhi, Amarinder Singh stages sit-in agitation
4 years, 3 months ago

Protests against farm laws intensify in Punjab, Karnataka; tractor set on fire in Delhi, Amarinder Singh stages sit-in agitation

Firstpost  

Farmers’ organisations continued protests even as President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to all the three contentious farm bills passed by the Parliament on 20 September Protests against the newly-implemented farm laws passed by the Parliament and Karnataka Assembly intensified as a tractor was set on fire near Delhi’s India Gate on Monday. Legal action is being taken in the …

'Congress has made anti-Sikh riots accused CM': PM Modi's big attack on Kamal Nath
6 years ago

'Congress has made anti-Sikh riots accused CM': PM Modi's big attack on Kamal Nath

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a big attack on Congress and accused it of rewarding the perpetrators of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Addressing a public rally in Punjab's Gurdaspur, PM Modi took a dig at Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and said the Congress has made such a person the CM of a state who was involved …

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