Topic: Rail roko

Farmers block trains across India, demand union minister’s removal over farmers’ killing

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Maktoob Staff - October 18, 2021

Pressing for Union Minister Ajay Mishra's dismissal and arrest over farmers' killings in Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh, in which his son Ashish Mishra has been arrested, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmers' unions has called for a six-hour-long nationwide ''Rail roko'' agitation today.

Protesting farmers to hold 4-hour ‘rail roko’ at 12 PM

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Maktoob Staff - February 18, 2021

Farmers protesting against the Narendra Modi government's three contentious agri laws have called for a four-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest between 12 PM and 4 PM on Thursday.