Farmers at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during their âDelhi Chaloâ protest, near Patiala district, on February 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI After the fourth meeting between Union Ministers and farmer representatives to deliberate on their demands, in which the government proposed to give a guarantee on procuring five crops on Minimum Support Price (MSP), … Read more
New Delhi: The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said on Tuesday that it has formed a panel to provide legal aid to the protesting farmers who have been arrested or are missing since Republic Day. The umbrella body of the farmer unions protesting against the three central farm laws also met and sought the assistance of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Farmers’ unions are finalising arrangements at three different borders for the Republic Day tractor parade. Farmers have reached different sites around Delhi with their tractors in large numbers to participate in Tuesday’s protest parade. The tractor parade would lead to spread of the agitation to other parts of the country, a union leader … Read more
New Delhi: A day before the government’s crucial 11th round of talks with protesting farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday night met senior BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah, sources said. The meeting followed a statement from the umbrella body of agitating unions, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, that it has rejected the government’s … Read more
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lokshakti) has written to the Delhi Police Commissioner seeking permission to continue the agitation at Ramlila Ground in the National Capital so that citizens do not face any difficulties. At the same time, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a group of 41 farmers’ unions, announced on Sunday that a Kisan … Read more
New Delhi: With some key roads blocked for several days now due to their protest against the three new agri laws, an umbrella body of farmers Monday apologised with “folded hands” to people for the inconvenience caused to them, but said they were carrying out the demonstration “out of compulsion”. Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, which is … Read more