Friday, May 10, 2024

Topic: Farmers

Key meeting concludes; Protests to continue as planned, says farmers’ body

’ unions protesting against the three contentious farm laws, said on Sunday that their year-long protest against the Union government will continue as planned.

‘Will provide 3 lakh each to kin of deceased farmers, Union should give 25 lakh each’: Telangana CM

The Telangana's TRS government on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh each for the families of over 700 farmers who died during the year-long protest against the three farm laws.

All demands not met, Protest will continue with full energies: Farm unions

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, on Saturday asked farmers to continue the protest against the Union government by participating in the Lucknow Kisan Mahapanchayat on 22 November

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim MPs demand repeal of CAA

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of farm laws, prominent Muslim organisations and lawmakers in the country urged the Union government to take back the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as well.

Rakesh Tikait asks PM to guarantee MSP, repeal farm laws in Parliament

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader and one of the prominent faces of farmers' protest Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the ongoing protest against farm laws will be withdrawn only after the three contentious legislations are repealed in Parliament and legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for crops made.

Human cost of farmers protest: 670 farmers died during year-long agitation

At least 670 farmers linked to the protests have lost their lives during one-year-long agitation against the Union government's three farm laws