In this combo of file photos of (L-R) former Prime Ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh, and agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, who will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna – country’s highest civilian award. | Photo Credit: PTI Samyukt Kisan Morcha on February 10 welcomed the conferring of Bharat Ratna on Chaudhary Charan Singh … Read more
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said the decision of people is paramount as he hoped the new governments in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand will work for farmers and labourers. The remark of the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) came late on Thursday after the BJP won majority seats in four … Read more
Twenty-two of the 32 farmer unions that were part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which led the 15-month protest along the Delhi borders against the now-repealed farm laws, on Saturday announced a new political outfit to contest the upcoming assembly polls in Punjab. The new outfit, under the leadership of farmer leader Balbir Singh … Read more
As farmers decided to end their stir against the three farm laws on Thursday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed it as a “historic success” of the farmers’ movement and “victory of democracy”. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, that had been leading anti-farm law protests at Delhi borders … Read more
A five-member committee of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) is likely to meet Union ministers Amit Shah and Narendra Singh Tomar separately on Wednesday to discuss their pending farm related issues, a farmer leader said. The likely discussions with the two ministers will take place hours before the scheduled meeting at 2 pm of the … Read more
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has exhorted farmers to ‘teach BJP and its allies a lesson’ in the forthcoming assembly polls. The umbrella body of farmers reiterated its demand for a legal guarantee to ensure minimum support price for farm produce at its rally in Lucknow on Monday. The rally drew thousands of farmers from east … Read more
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has decided to postponed its October 26 Kisan Mahapanchayat in Lucknow due to adverse weather conditions and the ongoing harvest season. After the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed, the SKM announced a Kisan Mahapanchayat to be organised in Lucknow on October 26. On Thursday, … Read more
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday said ‘Rail Roko‘ protests will be held across the country on October 18 to demand the dismissal and arrest Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. In a statement, the umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the farmers‘ agitation against the Centre’s three agri … Read more
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday hit out at the BJP government at the Centre over the contentious farm laws, saying when the time comes the farmers of the country won’t lag in teaching the saffron party a lesson. The crowd that gathered at the ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat‘ in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, are fed up … Read more
The farmers’ agitation at the Delhi border completed nine months on Thursday. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has started a two-day convention at Singhu border which was inaugurated by farmer leader Rakesh Tikait. Tikait said the peaceful agitation will go on until all their demands were met by the government. Currently, there has been no … Read more