Showing posts with label Farmers Revolt against 3 Farm Acts in India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farmers Revolt against 3 Farm Acts in India. Show all posts
Thursday, January 7, 2021
A set of three laws on agriculture passed by Parliament in September has led to thousands of farmers staging protests on the outskirts of Delhi over the past two weeks. Most of these agitating farmers are from Punjab and Haryana as they are the biggest beneficiaries of the government's minimum support price (MSP) regime.
Several Indian-American protests were held in support of the farmers, with rallies being held outside Indian consulates in San Francisco, Chicago, Indianapolis, New York, Houston, Michigan, Atlanta, and Washington, DC. Several American Congressmen from both the Republican and Democratic parties voiced support for these protests, including Josh Harder, TJ Cox, Doug LaMalfa, and Andy Levin. In December 2020, seven Congresspersons wrote to the Secretary of State, asking him raise the issue of the farmers' protests with India
The 2020 Indian farmers' protest is an ongoing protest against the three farm acts which were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, and politicians from the opposition also say it would leave farmers at the "mercy of corporates". The government, however, maintains that they will make it effortless for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, and stated that the protests are based on misinformation.
Amid tight security, thousands of farmers today started their tractor-march from protest sites near Delhi border points against the three agriculture laws. Bharati Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan said that farmers participated in the march with over 3,500 tractors and trolleys.
A day before the government’s eighth round of talks with the protesting farmer leaders, SAD leader and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the Centre has lost the trust of the entire farming community and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should directly talk to farmers who are registering their protests at the doorstep of the national capital, news agency PTI reported.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The 'Delhi Chalo' farmers' protest at border points of New Delhi has entered the 43rd day today. Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab and Haryana, are staging a sit-in protest along Delhi borders. The protest started on November 26. The farmers are demanding a complete rollback of the new farm reform laws and a guarantee on the Minimum Suppo
Security was increased along the borders of the national capital ahead of a tractor rally of farmers on Thursday morning. The farmers will hold the rally at 11am at four borders of Delhi in protest against the Centre's agriculture laws.
Tractor march live updates: Farmers hold rally in Haryana's Palwal - The Times of India: Security was increased along the borders of the national capital ahead of a tractor rally of farmers on Thursday morning. The farmers will hold the rally at 11am at four borders of Delhi in protest against the Centre's agriculture laws.
The farmers are adamant that they will not accept anything less than a repeal of the laws. They also want a law that guarantees the minimum support price. The government, which says the laws will benefit farmers by removing middlemen and enable them to sell crops anywhere in the country, has blamed the opposition for the protests, saying they are inciting farmers.
Camping on the highways at the Haryana-Delhi border for over 40 days, braving severe cold and rain, farmers have said their protest will only intensify in the coming days. The rain came amid a cold wave in the National Capital Region last week, taking temperature down to 1.1 degree Celsius, the lowest in 15 years in January.
The Delhi Traffic Police has been tweeting updates on which roads to avoid. It said Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, Saboli and Mangesh borders are shut for traffic. "Please take alternate route via Lampur Safiabad, Palla and Singhu school toll tax borders. Traffic has been diverted from Mukarba and GTK road. Please avoid Outer Ring Road, GTK Road and NH-44," the traffic police tweeted.
A 135-km six-lane arc that partially surrounds the National Capital Region and acts as a high-speed thoroughfare for cargo trucks will be full of tractors today, driven by farmers who have been camping on the highways in and around Delhi in protest against new farm laws. The tractor rally, called by some 40 farmer unions, will run on the Western Peripheral Expressway that starts at Ghaziabad and ends in Palwal. The police have asked people to avoid this expressway, which makes the other half of Western Peripheral Expressway, making a circle around the National Capital Region or NCR.
Several massive farmers’ actions have taken place across the country in the last two weeks under the AIKSCC banner. On December 16, a massive 45,000-strong farmers’ rally of West Bengal was held at Kolkata and it was addressed by AIKS general secretary, Hannan Mollah and other state leaders. In Kerala, massive dharnas of thousands of peasants are being organised at the state capital Thiruvananthapuram and in all district centres. At Bengaluru in Karnataka, from December 16 to 31, a continuous dharna has been organised of peasants, workers, students, youth and women. Similar dharnas are being held in several centres in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Jathas will now be held in many states to take the demands to the people.
In spite of lakhs of fighting farmers involved in the siege of Delhi, the movement has been entirely peaceful and democratic. The BJP-RSS has tried to send agent provocateurs to stir up trouble and violence at all the five borders from time to time, but they have been immediately identified, isolated and handed over to the police.
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