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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Farmers’ protest 2.0: New vanguards emerge as veterans pushed to margins

Chandigarh : The farmers’ agitation in Punjab has witnessed a change of guard as leaders who were at the forefront of the 13-month protest at the Delhi borders between November 2020 and December 2021 have been pushed to the margins and new elements with fringe support are now calling the shots. Under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, 17 …

Delhi Political Farmers Leaders Protest Punjab Skm

2 years, 9 months ago

Here is why farmer unions proved damp squib in Punjab Assembly polls

India Today

The political outfit that is likely to get the biggest setback on Thursday when the Election Commission announces the Assembly election results is the Sayunkt Samaj Morcha - the umbrella union of 22 farmer associations that made their maiden attempt to contest elections in 2022. Lackluster response to poll rallies While the farmer unions pulled large crowds at the protest …

India Elections Assembly Election Punjab Farmer Unions

2 years, 9 months ago

Exit polls predict AAP will sweep Punjab: Here's what might have worked

India Today

The Aam Aadmi Party, which finished second in 2017 Assembly election, is buoyant at the exit poll results including the India Today - Axis My India exit poll, which has estimated that the party will get between 76 to 90 seats in 2022. The political arena in Punjab is buzzing about how the AAP managed to emerge as a possible …

Congress Party Punjab Chief Sad Face Aap

2 years, 11 months ago

Who will be Punjab chief minister: Channi, Sidhu, Captain, Mann or Rajewal?

India Today

With the Aam Aadmi Party announcing Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial face, the electoral battle lines are now clearly demarcated in the Punjab Assembly election. The ruling Congress party has a problem of plenty with incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi refusing to cede ground to hawkish Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has bordered on challenging …

Delhi Dalit Captain Party Sikh Lok Sabha Bjp

2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab polls: Rajewal-led SSM enters into alliance with Chaduni faction

Hindustan Times

Chandigarh : The Balbir Singh Rajewal-led political outfit Sanyukt Samaj Morcha and Gurnam Singh Chaduni’s Sanyukt Sangharsh Party on Monday entered into a pre-poll arrangement for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls. The Balbir Singh Rajewal-led political outfit Sanyukt Samaj Morcha and Gurnam Singh Chaduni’s Sanyukt Sangharsh Party on Monday entered into a pre-poll arrangement for the February 20 Punjab …

Candidates Ludhiana Seats Punjab Singh Ssp Ssm

2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab polls: SSP threatens to field its candidates in 117 assembly seats amid seat-sharing roadblock with SSM

India Today

As the possible poll alliance with Aam Aadmi Party did not materialise in the run-up to the Punjab Assembly election, the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha is planning to go solo by contesting the upcoming polls in all 117 assembly constituencies. After AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal decided not to forge an alliance with SSM, Balbir Singh Rajewal and Gurnam Chaduni of …

Seats Punjab Ssp Ssm Nine Seats Rajewal Gurnam

2 years, 11 months ago

Youth Who Went To Canada For Employment Will Return: AAP's Kejriwal Promises ‘Developed & Prosperous’ Punjab

ABP News

Mohali: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party has prepared a 10-point “Punjab Model” to make the state developed and prosperous if it comes to power. “We will make such a prosperous Punjab that the youth, who went to Canada for employment will return in the next five years,” Kejriwal added. The AAP chief, who …

Punjab Aap Kejriwal Promises

2 years, 11 months ago

AAP Punjab President Mann Rules Out Alliance With SSM, Says Party Will Go to Polls with CM Face

News 18

Aam Aadmi Party Punjab president Bhagwat Mann on Sunday urged the people of the state to be cautious of those who practice hate politics during elections, and to use their vote without fear, greed, or influence. The AAP on Sunday ruled out chances of alliance with Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, farm outfit, and stressed that party will be the only one …

Party Punjab Mann Aap Ssm Rajewal

2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab Election 2022: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha Leader Balbir Rajewal Rules Out Alliance With AAP

ABP News

Chandigarh: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha leader Balbir Singh Rajewal on Sunday ruled out the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for next month's Punjab Assembly polls and said they will declare their candidates within a week. The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha leaders on Sunday held talks with farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who had launched the Sanyukt Sangharsh Party to contest the …

Candidates Morcha Rajewal Samaj Morcha Chaduni Ssm Leader

2 years, 11 months ago

Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal says he has proof of AAP selling tickets in Punjab

Op India

Balbir Singh Rajewal, founder of Bhartiya Kisan Union and the political front of farmer unions Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, has alleged he has proof that Aam Aadmi Party is selling tickets in Punjab. AAP wants to take Punjab water to Delhi.” On the contrary, Raghav Chadha, co-in-charge, AAP Punjab, refuted the allegations that his party was taking money to distribute tickets …

Party Workers Punjab Ticket Jalandhar Aap Chadha

2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab Elections: Why the 'Farm Unions' Party' Has Its Task Cut Out

The Quint

Rajewal had supported AAP in the 2017 elections and he is said to have been in negotiations with the party this time as well. There was strong speculation among the farm unions that the AAP has offered the CM post to Rajewal and the deputy CM post to Harmeet Kadian. AAP, being non-committal on the CM's chair as well as …

Aap Unions Ssm Rajewal

2 years, 11 months ago

Ludhiana court blast: German police arrest SFJ terrorist Jaswinder Multani on India's request

Op India

German Police have arrested Jaswinder Singh Multani, a prominent member of terrorist organization Sikhs for Justice, for his involvement in the Ludhiana court blast and conspiracy to target locations in Delhi and Mumbai. Multani is also closely connected to Khalistani leaders, including Hardeep Singh Nijjer, Paramjit Singh Pamma, Sabi Singh, Kulwant Singh Mothada and others, as per reports. Modi Govt …

India Police Pakistan Ludhiana Punjab Singh German

2 years, 11 months ago

Breakaway farmer unions say they will contest Punjab polls

Hindustan Times

Twenty-two farmer unions, that protested against the Centre’s now repealed farm laws under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, on Saturday jumped into the poll fray and announced a political outfit, the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha. The announcement came even as the SKM, the umbrella body of farmer unions that spearheaded the yearlong agitation against the three agriculture laws, distanced …

Congress Party State Punjab Singh Farmer Outfit

2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab Assembly polls: 22 farmer unions float political front, to contest in all seats

Firstpost

These 22 farm bodies were among 32 farmer organisations in Punjab which participated in the year-long protest against the three farm laws. SKM, which had led the farmers’ stir, clarified that it is not contesting the polls Chandigarh: Twenty-two farm organisations in Punjab that were part of the protest against three central farm laws formed a political front on Saturday …

Assembly Political Contest Punjab Bku Skm Singh

3 years ago

Inside track: 3 farmer leaders who sealed the deal for 'kisans' with Centre | Exclusive

India Today

Even when the farmers’ agitation against the three controversial farm laws brought by the Modi government had completed ten months on the borders of Delhi, the deadlock seemed unending. Sources told India Today that while Rajewal’s initial bargain with the government would have yielded a much weaker deal for the agitating farmers, the failure of talks between Singh and the …

India Delhi Farmers Haryana Proposal Leaders Peace Talks

3 years, 1 month ago

SKM to Hold Meeting on Nov 27 to Decide Farmers' Future Course of Action

News 18

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha will hold another meeting on November 27 to decide future course of action while the planned march to Parliament by farmers on November 29 will go ahead as per schedule, farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference at Singhu border following a meeting, Rajewal said, "We discussed the repeal of farm …

Skm Parliament Nov

3 years, 1 month ago

Punjab Farmers Welcome PM Modi's Announcement of Repealing Farm Laws

News 18

Punjab’s farmer leaders on Thursday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of repealing the three farm laws but demanded from the government to enact a law to guarantee the minimum support price for crops. Meanwhile, celebrations erupted at many places in Punjab and Haryana over the PM’s announcement of the repeal with people including farmers distributing sweets and dancing to …

Farmers Modi Msp Laws Farm Laws Announcement Rajewal

3 years, 1 month ago

Punjab farmer unions to meet tomorrow, likely to decide on ending protest

India Today

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the roll back of the three farm laws on Friday, at least 32 farmers' organisations from Punjab are set to meet on Saturday to take a call on their future course of actions. On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, PM Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided …

Repeal Laws Farm Laws Farmers Unions Rajewal

3 years, 5 months ago

Farmers to protest outside Parliament every day during Monsoon Session, says Samyukt Kisan Morcha

Firstpost

A warning letter will be given to all Opposition MPs on 17 July, asking them to protest the agri laws inside the House, the SKM said New Delhi: A group of around 200 farmers will protest against the Centre’s three farm laws outside Parliament every day during the Monsoon Session, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha announced on Sunday. “We will also …

Protest House Skm Parliament Session Monsoon Session Rajewal

3 years, 5 months ago

Will Protest Every Day Outside Parliament During Monsoon Session: Samyukt Kisan Morcha

News 18

A group of around 200 farmers will protest against the Centre's three farm laws in front of Parliament every day during the monsoon session, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha announced on Sunday. The umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions said at a press conference that two days before the session begins, a "chetavani patra" will be given to all the …

Protest Parliament Session Monsoon Session

3 years, 5 months ago

Police use water cannon as farmers break barricades at Chandigarh-Mohali border

India Today

Police on Saturday used a water cannon to disperse the protesting farmers as they broke barricades at Chandigarh-Mohali border in an attempt to march towards the Punjab Governor’s house in Chandigarh. A protester was #WATCH | Farmers broke through barricades at Chandigarh-Mohali border to enter the Union Territory to submit a memorandum to Governor seeking repeal of farm laws pic.twitter.com/bXiK9qlUso— …

Delhi Farmers Border Haryana Panchkula Protest Chandigarh

3 years, 8 months ago

Covid Sparks Fresh Debate on Farmers’ Stir at Delhi Borders, Protesters Say Won’t Return

News 18

Should farmers call off their protest at Delhi’s borders and return home in the wake of a worrying second wave of Covid-19 that is battering the national capital? The debate raged after government officials said a major oxygen supplier requested for a “green corridor” for its trucks headed for Delhi, as these vehicles had to take a nearly 100-km detour …

Delhi Congress Protest Bjp Punjab Covid Singhu

3 years, 10 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, …

Budget Fci Farmers Protest Rajewal

3 years, 10 months ago

Ghazipur takes centrestage as farmers from Uttarakhand, western UP join sit-in; internet services suspended at protest sites

Firstpost

The farmers held a day-long fast on Saturday, paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, as the stir appeared to regain momentum after rallying support from the farmer community of the crucial western Uttar Pradesh region More farmers gathered Saturday at Gazipur, on the Delhi-Meerut highway, that has now become the new focal point of the stir against …

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Farmers’ protest 2.0: New vanguards emerge as veterans pushed to margins

Here is why farmer unions proved damp squib in Punjab Assembly polls

Exit polls predict AAP will sweep Punjab: Here's what might have worked

Who will be Punjab chief minister: Channi, Sidhu, Captain, Mann or Rajewal?

Punjab polls: Rajewal-led SSM enters into alliance with Chaduni faction

Punjab polls: SSP threatens to field its candidates in 117 assembly seats amid seat-sharing roadblock with SSM

Youth Who Went To Canada For Employment Will Return: AAP's Kejriwal Promises ‘Developed & Prosperous’ Punjab

AAP Punjab President Mann Rules Out Alliance With SSM, Says Party Will Go to Polls with CM Face

Punjab Election 2022: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha Leader Balbir Rajewal Rules Out Alliance With AAP

Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal says he has proof of AAP selling tickets in Punjab

Punjab Elections: Why the 'Farm Unions' Party' Has Its Task Cut Out

Ludhiana court blast: German police arrest SFJ terrorist Jaswinder Multani on India's request

Breakaway farmer unions say they will contest Punjab polls

Punjab Assembly polls: 22 farmer unions float political front, to contest in all seats

Inside track: 3 farmer leaders who sealed the deal for 'kisans' with Centre | Exclusive

SKM to Hold Meeting on Nov 27 to Decide Farmers' Future Course of Action

Punjab Farmers Welcome PM Modi's Announcement of Repealing Farm Laws

Punjab farmer unions to meet tomorrow, likely to decide on ending protest

Farmers to protest outside Parliament every day during Monsoon Session, says Samyukt Kisan Morcha

Will Protest Every Day Outside Parliament During Monsoon Session: Samyukt Kisan Morcha

Police use water cannon as farmers break barricades at Chandigarh-Mohali border

Covid Sparks Fresh Debate on Farmers’ Stir at Delhi Borders, Protesters Say Won’t Return

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

Ghazipur takes centrestage as farmers from Uttarakhand, western UP join sit-in; internet services suspended at protest sites