Farmer Protest

Green peas growers in MP stage protest, demand fixed MSP for open market

Farmers engaged in the cultivation of green peas have staged a protest on Jabalpur-Bhopal national highway after getting low prices for their produce and demanded the Madhya Pradesh government fix a minimum support price for it in the open market. The protest staged by farmers on Saturday is significant since the Madhya Pradesh government has selected green peas under one-district one-product scheme for Jabalpur district, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh national spokesperson Raghvendra Patel told PTI on Sunday. Green peas are grown on a large scale in the district and supplied to various other states, he said. "The farmers want the state government to fix the minimum price for the trading of green peas in the open market, he said. This has been a long pending demand of farmers from the district, he said. Currently, in the absence of such norms, farmers incur losses in the production of green peas if the rate per kilogram goes down in the open market - below the actual production cost per kg

Govt will face trouble if demands not met: Farmers at 'Kisan Garjana' rally

An RSS-affiliated farmers' body held a 'Kisan Garjana' rally at Ramleela Ground here on Monday and warned that the states and the BJP-led central government will face trouble if their demands are not met in time. Thousands of farmers from several states, including Punjab, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, reached Delhi on tractors, motorcycles and buses braving extreme cold to take part in the rally organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS). They seek relief measures from the government, including a rollback of GST on farming activities and an increase in the income support provided under the PM-Kisan scheme, a BKS member said. A note issued by the BKS said "state and central governments will face trouble if they do not heed the farmers' demand in time". The farmers have also called for revocation of the permission for commercial production of genetically modified crops and remunerative prices for their produce based on the input cost. Launc

Kisan Mahapanchayat: 19 farmers detained at UP's Ghazipur border

Meanwhile, the Samyuktha Kisan Morcha has written to President Dropudi Murmu in connection with their protest

Delhi Police steps up security ahead of farmers' protest at Jantar Mantar

The Delhi Police increased security at the Ghazipur, Singhu, and Tikri borders as hundreds of farmers from different states started reaching the national capital ahead of the 'mahapanchayat'

Farmers to hold protests today, security increased at Singhu borders

Farmers will hold protests at Jantar Mantar against unemployment

Will approach SC: Rakesh Tikait on bail to minister's son in Lakhimpur case

Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra 'Teni', is a key accused in the case and the Allahabad High Court granted him bail on February 10

No other PM except Modi so sensitive to farmer issues: Rajnath in Lakhimpur

He termed the BJP as a party that has chosen the path of development and where casteism, regionalism and communalism are not acceptable

Govt to discuss Electricity Bill with farmers, halts power reforms for now

The protests were called off after the Centre gave a letter to the farmer bodies agreeing to meet their demands.

Farmers' agitation spearhead SKM forms committee for dialogue with govt

Farmer leaders Balbir Singh Rajewal, Ashok Dhawle, Shiv Kumar Kakka, Gurnam Singh Chaduni and Yudhvir Singh were named as the members of the committee

Will intensify protest if talks not held urgently, says Rakesh Tikait

Tikait said the Union government was conspiring to divide the farmers on communal and community lines to weaken their unity

Repeal of farm laws, decline of cable TV, market, cloud kitchen

Repeal of farm laws a setback or a step in the right direction? Why's the cable TV industry stagnated? Will the market cheer withdrawal of farm laws? What are cloud kitchens? Let's find the answers

Samyukt Kisan Morcha welcomes PM Modi's decision to repeal farm laws

"Samyukt Kisan Morcha welcomes this decision and will wait for the announcement to take effect through due parliamentary procedures," the SKM said in a statement.

Lakimpur Kheri violence: Two more held for lynching, say police

The UP police SIT investigating the case arrested two more men

SKM reiterates demand for fair probe into lynching at Singhu border

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha reiterated its demand on Wednesday

Farmers have right to protest but they can't block roads indefinitely: SC

Supreme Court on Thursday said farmers cannot block roads indefinitely

'Talk! If not on laws, then at least on report': SC panel member to farmers

A key member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on contentious three agricultural laws said panel's report is in favour of farmers and the report should be brought in public domain for a discussion

SC panel report on Acts could break farmers-Centre stalemate: Ghanwat

Ghanwat recently wrote a letter CJI requesting him to make the report public, says some of the recommendations in the report are 100% in favour of farmers

False cases won't deter farmers from protesting farm laws: Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday accused the Haryana government of slapping false cases against farmers and said it won't deter them from protesting the Centre's farm laws. Maintaining that their stir will continue till the laws are repealed, he warned the state government "not to interfere" in their peaceful agitation. "The ruling dispensation in Haryana is trying to appease its political masters by arresting agitating farmers and slapping false cases against them," he alleged. It won't deter them from holding the protest and their agitation against the laws will continue till the legislations are repealed, Tikait told reporters. Replying to a question, he said farmers are united and fighting a long battle with the central government, which is "pro-corporate". "The central government refuses to listen to anyone and whosoever tries to speak against their injustice is branded as anti-national," he said. To another question, Tikait said farmers are sure of their victory and wil

Rahul Gandhi drives tractor to Parliament to protest against farm laws

Gandhi said he has brought the message of farmers to Parliament.

12 opposition parties extend support to farmers protest call on May 26

Twelve major opposition parties have extended their support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to observe countrywide protest on May 26