Farmers Agitation

Prominent farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday announced the farmers movement would be intensified across the country from January 26.

'I am going to Chausa in Buxar district in support of our farmer brothers and sisters. They were brutally assaulted by the local police on the night of January 11'

He has asked farmers to remain united and be ready for a movement, if they wanted to protect their lives and land

Legal guarantee for minimum support price and government's "inaction" in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case are among the issues on the agenda of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's meeting on Tuesday

Thousands of them flocked to the site over the last few days

Haryana government transferred 19 IAS officers, including Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha, who was recently caught on tape allegedly telling policemen dealing with a farmers' protest to "break their heads"

A group of 200 farmers will travel to Jantar Mantar from the Singhu border in buses with a police escort and hold protests there from 11 am to 5 pm

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Representatives from almost 200 small and big farmers' organisations have decided to organize a march from Mandsaur - the place where five farmers were killed in police firing earlier this month-on July 6.The march which will be held to commemorate one month of police firing on agitating farmers in Mandsaur will pass through Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana before culminating in a rally in capital Delhi on July 18.The farmers are demanding among other things right price for their produce on the lines of recommendations made by MS Swami Nathan Committee, a waiver of farm loans, ensuring that farmers remain debt free.Around 200 big and small farmers organisations had formed a group after the June 06, firing on agitating farmers of Mandsaur which killed five people. Once person succumbed to his injuries few days later. The killings sparked off a nationwide outrage and brought issues concerning the farmers to the forefront. Five state governments .

Though full-fledged sowing is yet to take place. the initial signals are not very encouraging

The decision was welcomed with guarded optimism by some farmer groups

A day will come when farmers, too, celebrate extreme productivity, bumper output and pricelessness