Modi tells BJP workers to reach out to farmers, bust propaganda
The farmers said that majority of the agricultural practices are done by the tenant farmers and the DBT for free power scheme will affect them adversely
The agitators blocked highways and staged road rokos in many places affecting the traffic flow
"The Modi government through three black laws has launched a brutal attack on farmers, farm labourers and their livelihoods," Surjewala said on Friday
Additional police forces were deployed in the area to control the situation
The Railways has cancelled at least 14 pairs of special trains running from the Ferozepur division from September 24 to 26 following the strike call
Haryana BJP leaders Parminder Singh Dhull and Rampal Majra on Thursday dubbed the Centre's farm bills 'anti-farmer'
As many as 31 farmers' outfits have given a call for the complete shutdown of Punjab tomorrow
The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee has planned a nationwide protest on September 14
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal among politicians who say they back farmers for their demands.
India was swept by about a dozen major farm protests in 2018, with thousands of farmers travelling to Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai in the last week of November 2018 alone
Over 2,000 farmers who began their protest march Thursday arrived in Solapur on Saturday
30 years after Mahendra Singh Tikait, the founder of Bhartiya Kisan Union, led a massive protest by farmers at the Boat Club, his son is leading another rally against govt's apathy towards farmers
Yesterday's protest was unique in the manner in which it resembled a similar agitation that took place in 1988
The 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra' that started on September 23 had to end at Kisan Ghat
The farmers were marching towards Delhi over demands ranging from farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices, but were stopped at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border with police using water cannons to disperse
The Kisan Kranti yatra started off on September 23 from Haridwar and proceeded to Patanjali Yogpeeth
Left leaders said it was a rare occasion that farmers, agricultural workers and organised sector workers have come together to jointly march for their rights
The leaders warned that they would continue their struggle till they "change the Central government"
Traffic in many parts of central Delhi came to a halt as the protesters, many in red hats and waving red flags, marched towards Parliament Street in the heart of the capital