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February 12: Workers and Farmers Forge a Historic Axis of Resistance Across India
For observers of general strikes and journalists covering trade unions and farmer movements, the February 12 General Strike did not unfold as a routine ritual. It unfolded as a...
100 MPs write to British PM about farmers’ protest in India
Letter initiated by British MP from Slough, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi gets cross-party support
Farmers create new protest site at Gangaicha border, intensify struggle
Farmer leaders claim that the united front will help bridge former disagreements and work to protect India’s natural resources.
We will either die or win! Talks between farmers and the Centre remain inconclusive
Tensions high, farmers maintained a strict silence following the Centre’s declaration that farmers' main demand cannot be accepted.
The relevance of a 2018 private member Bill for the protesting farmers
The Bill presented by former MP Raju Shetti in 2018 aimed at remunerative crop price and an established complaint redressal mechanism for the farmers
Do farmers’ demands benefit India’s hungry population?
Subsequent press releases by farmers organisations have highlighted India’s performance in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report 2020 to strengthen their argument for a legal right to MSP. But is there a direct connection between farmers’ demands and the hunger issue?
Shree Brar’s arrest after Kisan Anthem video generates political heat
Patiala police recently arrested the Punjabi singer on charges of promoting gun culture in a song he had released in November
Uttar Pradesh police confront farmer leaders headed towards Delhi
Video clips of posse of policemen intercepting farmer leaders on tractors, at two points, have gone viral on social media
Farmer’s tractor march: Over 10,000 vehicles flood KMP highway!
The tractor march proceeded smoothly along the expressway with no police altercation although neighbouring areas complained of police interference
Thousands of tractors set off along the KMP highway!
Four batches of farmers mobilise thousands of tractors to meet at various points along the highway, in a "rehearsal" for Republic Day.
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Farmers groups fear that proximity to the highest echelons of power and favourable policies enable the Adani group to hoard and export food grains, a claim vehemently denied by the Adani group
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