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This is India's two sides: On one hand, the extravagant wedding of Ambani's son, and on the other, the struggling poor farmers.
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Much the same in many countries across the world.
And the protesting farmers are not poor or struggling. Just look at their vehicles and the barriers they are erecting.
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This happens everywhere, even in america the richest country in the world and the gulf
Indian farmers were worse off in the 50s and the 60s when we were a socialist country with no billionaires
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Indian Farmers Plan to Enter New Delhi to Intensify Protests
Indian farmers are planning to escalate their protests from Wednesday by entering the capital New Delhi by bus and train, and increasing their numbers at border points that are currently blocked by tractors.
Thousands of farmers began the "Delhi Chalo" (Let's go to Delhi) march last month but were stopped by security forces about 200 km (125 miles) north of the capital with teargas and water cannon.
The farmers, who are demanding higher prices for their crops, intensified their protest after several rounds of failed talks.
Farmers from various states, from Kerala in the south to Madhya Pradesh in central India, will arrive in New Delhi by trains and buses on Wednesday, Ramandeep Singh Mann, a farmer leader, told Reuters.
"Farmers from Punjab and Haryana will continue protesting at the existing protest sites with tractor trolleys. They will attempt to enter New Delhi with tractors only," he said.
Thousands of farmers, mainly from the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, with around 3,000 tractors, are stuck at three borders that were blocked by police and paramilitary troops with barricades.
Clashes between farmers and security forces, including cane charges and tear gas canisters dropped by drones, have played on television screens for several days. The farmers say at least one protester has died in the clashes while dozens have been injured on both sides.
The protesting farmers will also block railway lines across the country for four hours during the afternoon of March 10, Mann said.
Farmers are determined to continue protesting until their demands for higher support prices, backed by law, are met, Mann said.
The government announces support prices for more than 20 crops each year, but state agencies buy only rice and wheat at the support level, which benefits only about 6% of farmers who raise those two crops.
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Indian farmers are planning to escalate their protests from Wednesday by entering the capital New Delhi by bus and train, and increasing their numbers at border points that are currently blocked by tractors.
Thousands of farmers began the "Delhi Chalo" (Let's go to Delhi) march last month but were stopped by security forces about 200 km (125 miles) north of the capital with teargas and water cannon.
The farmers, who are demanding higher prices for their crops, intensified their protest after several rounds of failed talks.
Farmers from various states, from Kerala in the south to Madhya Pradesh in central India, will arrive in New Delhi by trains and buses on Wednesday, Ramandeep Singh Mann, a farmer leader, told Reuters.
"Farmers from Punjab and Haryana will continue protesting at the existing protest sites with tractor trolleys. They will attempt to enter New Delhi with tractors only," he said.
Thousands of farmers, mainly from the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, with around 3,000 tractors, are stuck at three borders that were blocked by police and paramilitary troops with barricades.
Clashes between farmers and security forces, including cane charges and tear gas canisters dropped by drones, have played on television screens for several days. The farmers say at least one protester has died in the clashes while dozens have been injured on both sides.
The protesting farmers will also block railway lines across the country for four hours during the afternoon of March 10, Mann said.
Farmers are determined to continue protesting until their demands for higher support prices, backed by law, are met, Mann said.
The government announces support prices for more than 20 crops each year, but state agencies buy only rice and wheat at the support level, which benefits only about 6% of farmers who raise those two crops.
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Farmers' protest: March to restart amid tight security at Delhi's borders
Thousands of Indian farmers are trying to march once again to the capital Delhi to demand minimum price guarantees for their crops.
The farmers had suspended their strike at the end of February after a young farmer died during the protest.
To prevent the march, Delhi's borders are heavily barricaded and police have been deployed.
The farmers' protests have restarted even as India is just months away from holding general elections.
Farmers are an important voting bloc in the country and analysts say the federal government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not want to antagonise them so close to the polls.
When the farmers' protests first resumed in the beginning of February, the government had held talks with unions to stop them from marching to Delhi from the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Talks with the government broke down at least three times after the authorities could not meet all of their demands.
Apart from assured pricing, the farmers have also demanded pensions for the elderly and asked the government to waive their debts.
The protesters have said the government should double the number of work days under rural employment guarantee scheme from 100 to 200. The farmers also want India to withdraw from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and scrap all free trade agreements.
On Wednesday, as per the call given by two farmers' unions, farmers from across the country will try to converge in Delhi using public transport including metros and buses. The farmers have also given a call for "rail roko" - trains to be stopped - for four hours on 10 March.
The protesters' demands are an offshoot of 2020 farmers' protests which took Delhi by storm. At the time, the farmers were demanding that the government scrap three proposed farm laws that loosened rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce.
Farm unions had said that the proposed rules could put them at a disadvantage by opening the markets for free trade by big companies. After months of protests, the federal government had withdrawn from implementing the proposed rules in November 2021.
While this was seen as a huge victory for farmers, they had withdrawn from the strike only after the government made other promises including setting up of a committee to look into implementation of minimum support price for all crops.
Farmers now say that the government has walked back on the additional promises which were made in 2021.
The protests turned violent in February when police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, while a 22-year-old farmer died at the Punjab border. State authorities in Punjab had told the BBC that the young man had died of a bullet wound to the head. His family had refused to cremate his body demanding action on police personnel who had allegedly fired at the protesters.
The farmers unions had suspended their protests till the end of February as a mark of respect to the man who had died. It was at his funeral prayers on Sunday that the protesters announced their decision to restart their march to Delhi.
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Thousands of Indian farmers are trying to march once again to the capital Delhi to demand minimum price guarantees for their crops.
The farmers had suspended their strike at the end of February after a young farmer died during the protest.
To prevent the march, Delhi's borders are heavily barricaded and police have been deployed.
The farmers' protests have restarted even as India is just months away from holding general elections.
Farmers are an important voting bloc in the country and analysts say the federal government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not want to antagonise them so close to the polls.
When the farmers' protests first resumed in the beginning of February, the government had held talks with unions to stop them from marching to Delhi from the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Talks with the government broke down at least three times after the authorities could not meet all of their demands.
Apart from assured pricing, the farmers have also demanded pensions for the elderly and asked the government to waive their debts.
The protesters have said the government should double the number of work days under rural employment guarantee scheme from 100 to 200. The farmers also want India to withdraw from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and scrap all free trade agreements.
On Wednesday, as per the call given by two farmers' unions, farmers from across the country will try to converge in Delhi using public transport including metros and buses. The farmers have also given a call for "rail roko" - trains to be stopped - for four hours on 10 March.
The protesters' demands are an offshoot of 2020 farmers' protests which took Delhi by storm. At the time, the farmers were demanding that the government scrap three proposed farm laws that loosened rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce.
Farm unions had said that the proposed rules could put them at a disadvantage by opening the markets for free trade by big companies. After months of protests, the federal government had withdrawn from implementing the proposed rules in November 2021.
While this was seen as a huge victory for farmers, they had withdrawn from the strike only after the government made other promises including setting up of a committee to look into implementation of minimum support price for all crops.
Farmers now say that the government has walked back on the additional promises which were made in 2021.
The protests turned violent in February when police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, while a 22-year-old farmer died at the Punjab border. State authorities in Punjab had told the BBC that the young man had died of a bullet wound to the head. His family had refused to cremate his body demanding action on police personnel who had allegedly fired at the protesters.
The farmers unions had suspended their protests till the end of February as a mark of respect to the man who had died. It was at his funeral prayers on Sunday that the protesters announced their decision to restart their march to Delhi.
BBC
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If PM can stop Ukraine war, can't he stop smoke? Bhagwant Mann on stubble burning
As Delhi’s air quality deteriorates, the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is back in focus. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, however, said that the issue is spread across northern India. Mann then went on to take a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that if PM Modi can stop Ukraine war “like they showed in the ad”, can he not stop stubble burning and subsequent smoke in north India?
"The issue of stubble burning is not limited to any one state. It is the issue of the whole of the Northern India. If PM Modi can stop the Ukraine war like they showed in the ad, can they not stop the smoke here? He should make all the states sit together, give compensation, call scientists,” Bhagwant Mann said.
Punjab has been responsible for the grey haze surrounding Delhi in October. Stubble burning, which is done to remove paddy crop residues from the field before sowing season, pollutes the air in the neighbouring state of Delhi.
Bhagwant Mann said that the farmers in Punjab do not want to burn stubble or even cultivate paddy in the first place. He said that the paddy cultivation takes place in the absence of MSP on alternative crop.
“ ...When the paddy is produced the farmers are praised, but what about the stubble? Then they want to charge a fine... We don't know if Punjab's smoke reaches Delhi or not but the smoke harms the farmer and his village first,” Bhagwant Mann said.
The Punjab Chief Minister said that the state has been asking for compensation for farmers so that stubble burning can be put to stop, but the Centre asked them to encourage farmers against the practice instead.
“Encouragement does not work, practical steps need to be taken... We have given 1.25 lakhs machines. We have spoken to NGOs. Out of 75 lakh hectares of paddy crop, stubble of 40 lakhs is not burnt..." Bhagwant Mann said.
If PM can stop Ukraine war, can't he stop smoke? Bhagwant Mann on stubble burning
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the Centre needs to take practical steps, including compensation for farmers, to cut down on stubble burning in Punjab.
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Farmers Call Off 'Delhi Chalo' March After Cops Fire Tear Gas At Shambhu Border, 6 Injured
The ‘Dilli Chalo‘ march was called off on Friday after multiple rounds of tear gas were fired at the protesting farmers, a ‘jatha‘ (group) of 101 farmers who started their foot march towards the national capital from the Shambhu protest site. At least six farmers were injured during the clashes.
Several farmers were also detained at Greater Noida’s Pari Chowk as they commenced their march. The march led to traffic snarls in many areas as heavy deployment of security personnel was made for checking at the borders and central Delhi.
“We have called back the ‘jatha’ for today in view of the injuries suffered by a few farmers," said Punjab farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher.
Pandher added that five to six farmers were injured as a result of tear gas shelling by Haryana security personnel. He further said that the two farmer bodies, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, would decide on the next course of action after a meeting.
The police also fired tear gas shells as the farmers removed barbed wires and barricades put up by the police in an attempt to cross the Shambhu border.
More than a hundred farmers embarked on a foot march from the Shambhu border to Delhi, despite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in Ambala, restricting any unlawful assembly of five or more persons in the district.
Some farmers were also stopped at the Shambhu border and were not allowed to move towards Delhi. Later, speaking to the media, a police officer said, “The farmers don’t have permission to enter Haryana. The Ambala administration has imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita."
Hours ahead of the march, the Delhi Police had heightened security at all borders and sounded an alert. However, heavy police presence and barricading led to traffic snarls in several areas, including in Noida and Greater Noida.
The police said they were keeping an eye on the Noida border as well, where another group of farmers from Uttar Pradesh was observing a sit-in.
Meanwhile, internet services were suspended in Ambala until December 9 due to the ongoing farmers’ protest. Any procession on foot, vehicles, or other modes was also restricted until further orders.
All schools in the district, both government and private, were ordered shut on Friday following official orders due to the farmers’ movement.
Even as the Ambala district administration on Wednesday asked the farmers to reconsider their march and contemplate any action only after obtaining permission from Delhi Police, the police sounded an alert and sent senior officers to the border to assess the security situation there.
Water cannons and concrete barricades were put up at the Singhu border since morning today to stop the farmers marching towards Delhi.
Central paramilitary forces have also been deployed on the Haryana side of the border along with multi-layer barricading.
A multilayered barricading is already in place at the Shambhu border point — Rajpura (Punjab)-Ambala (Haryana) – on National Highway-44.
However, police and other public servants on duty would be exempted from the restrictions.
In Delhi, the police said they were ready to deal with any situation at the Singhu border.
Presently, the Singhu border witnesses check posts by the local police to ensure the enforcement of GRAP-4 measures and law and order.
Earlier on Thursday, Punjab DIG (Patiala Range) Mandeep Singh Sidhu and SSP (Patiala) Nanak Singh met Pandher and Surjit Singh Phul at the Shambhu border.
Sidhu said the farmers have assured the police that they will maintain peace and not involve tractor-trolleys in the march.
The farmer leaders had earlier announced that the first ‘jatha‘ of farmers would be led by Satnam Singh Pannu, Surinder Singh Chautala, Surjit Singh Phul, and Baljinder Singh.
Meanwhile, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal continued his fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border point on Thursday.
The farmers gathered under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha earlier announced a foot march to the national capital seeking a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops, among several other demands.
They have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.
Besides MSP, the farmers are also demanding farm debt waiver, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases (against farmers), and “justice" for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
Reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the families of farmers who died during the previous agitation in 2020-21 are also part of their demands.
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The ‘Dilli Chalo‘ march was called off on Friday after multiple rounds of tear gas were fired at the protesting farmers, a ‘jatha‘ (group) of 101 farmers who started their foot march towards the national capital from the Shambhu protest site. At least six farmers were injured during the clashes.
Several farmers were also detained at Greater Noida’s Pari Chowk as they commenced their march. The march led to traffic snarls in many areas as heavy deployment of security personnel was made for checking at the borders and central Delhi.
“We have called back the ‘jatha’ for today in view of the injuries suffered by a few farmers," said Punjab farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher.
Pandher added that five to six farmers were injured as a result of tear gas shelling by Haryana security personnel. He further said that the two farmer bodies, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, would decide on the next course of action after a meeting.
The police also fired tear gas shells as the farmers removed barbed wires and barricades put up by the police in an attempt to cross the Shambhu border.
More than a hundred farmers embarked on a foot march from the Shambhu border to Delhi, despite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in Ambala, restricting any unlawful assembly of five or more persons in the district.
Some farmers were also stopped at the Shambhu border and were not allowed to move towards Delhi. Later, speaking to the media, a police officer said, “The farmers don’t have permission to enter Haryana. The Ambala administration has imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita."
Hours ahead of the march, the Delhi Police had heightened security at all borders and sounded an alert. However, heavy police presence and barricading led to traffic snarls in several areas, including in Noida and Greater Noida.
The police said they were keeping an eye on the Noida border as well, where another group of farmers from Uttar Pradesh was observing a sit-in.
Meanwhile, internet services were suspended in Ambala until December 9 due to the ongoing farmers’ protest. Any procession on foot, vehicles, or other modes was also restricted until further orders.
All schools in the district, both government and private, were ordered shut on Friday following official orders due to the farmers’ movement.
FARMERS’ ‘DILLI CHALO’ MARCH: HEAVY SECURITY
Even as the Ambala district administration on Wednesday asked the farmers to reconsider their march and contemplate any action only after obtaining permission from Delhi Police, the police sounded an alert and sent senior officers to the border to assess the security situation there.
Water cannons and concrete barricades were put up at the Singhu border since morning today to stop the farmers marching towards Delhi.
Central paramilitary forces have also been deployed on the Haryana side of the border along with multi-layer barricading.
A multilayered barricading is already in place at the Shambhu border point — Rajpura (Punjab)-Ambala (Haryana) – on National Highway-44.
However, police and other public servants on duty would be exempted from the restrictions.
In Delhi, the police said they were ready to deal with any situation at the Singhu border.
Presently, the Singhu border witnesses check posts by the local police to ensure the enforcement of GRAP-4 measures and law and order.
FARMERS ASSURE PEACE, NO TRACTOR-TROLLEYS
Earlier on Thursday, Punjab DIG (Patiala Range) Mandeep Singh Sidhu and SSP (Patiala) Nanak Singh met Pandher and Surjit Singh Phul at the Shambhu border.
Sidhu said the farmers have assured the police that they will maintain peace and not involve tractor-trolleys in the march.
The farmer leaders had earlier announced that the first ‘jatha‘ of farmers would be led by Satnam Singh Pannu, Surinder Singh Chautala, Surjit Singh Phul, and Baljinder Singh.
Meanwhile, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal continued his fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border point on Thursday.
WHY ARE THE FARMERS PROTESTING?
The farmers gathered under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha earlier announced a foot march to the national capital seeking a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops, among several other demands.
They have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.
Besides MSP, the farmers are also demanding farm debt waiver, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases (against farmers), and “justice" for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
Reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the families of farmers who died during the previous agitation in 2020-21 are also part of their demands.
Farmers Call Off 'Delhi Chalo' March After Cops Fire Tear Gas At Shambhu Border, 7 Injured - News18
March was called of after multiple rounds of tear gas were fired at the protesting farmers. At least seven farmers were injured during the clashes
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India detains hundreds of farmers as police bulldoze protest sites
Police in India's northern state of Punjab detained hundreds of farmers and used bulldozers to tear down their temporary camps in a border area where they had protested for more than a year to demand better crop prices.
The farmers had camped on the border with adjoining Haryana since last February, when security forces halted their march toward the capital, New Delhi, to press for legally-backed guarantees of more state support for crops.
"We did not need to use any force because there was no resistance," Nanak Singh, a senior police officer, told the ANI news agency about Wednesday night's clearance action. "The farmers cooperated well and they sat in buses themselves."
The farmers had been given prior notice, he added.
Television images showed police using bulldozers to demolish tents and stages, while escorting farmers carrying personal items to vehicles.
Media said among the hundreds detained were farmers' leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal, the latter carried away in an ambulance as he had been on an indefinite protest fast for months.
"On one hand the government is negotiating with the farmer organisations and on the other hand it is arresting them," Rakesh Tikait, a spokesperson for farmer group Bhartiya Kisan Union said on X.
Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which authorised the eviction, said it stood by the farmers in their demands, but asked them to take up their grievances with the federal government.
"Let's work together to safeguard Punjab's interests," said the party's vice president in the state, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, adding that the blockage of key roads had hurt the state's economy. "Closing highways is not the solution."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government was forced to repeal some farm laws in 2021 after a year-long protest by farmers when they camped outside Delhi for months.
Federal government officials met the farmers' leaders on Wednesday, said Fatehjung Singh Bajwa, the vice president of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab.
"It is clear that this arrest is a deliberate attempt to disrupt the ongoing dialogue between farmers and BJP leadership," he added in a post on X.
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Police in India's northern state of Punjab detained hundreds of farmers and used bulldozers to tear down their temporary camps in a border area where they had protested for more than a year to demand better crop prices.
The farmers had camped on the border with adjoining Haryana since last February, when security forces halted their march toward the capital, New Delhi, to press for legally-backed guarantees of more state support for crops.
"We did not need to use any force because there was no resistance," Nanak Singh, a senior police officer, told the ANI news agency about Wednesday night's clearance action. "The farmers cooperated well and they sat in buses themselves."
The farmers had been given prior notice, he added.
Television images showed police using bulldozers to demolish tents and stages, while escorting farmers carrying personal items to vehicles.
Media said among the hundreds detained were farmers' leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal, the latter carried away in an ambulance as he had been on an indefinite protest fast for months.
"On one hand the government is negotiating with the farmer organisations and on the other hand it is arresting them," Rakesh Tikait, a spokesperson for farmer group Bhartiya Kisan Union said on X.
Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which authorised the eviction, said it stood by the farmers in their demands, but asked them to take up their grievances with the federal government.
"Let's work together to safeguard Punjab's interests," said the party's vice president in the state, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, adding that the blockage of key roads had hurt the state's economy. "Closing highways is not the solution."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government was forced to repeal some farm laws in 2021 after a year-long protest by farmers when they camped outside Delhi for months.
Federal government officials met the farmers' leaders on Wednesday, said Fatehjung Singh Bajwa, the vice president of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab.
"It is clear that this arrest is a deliberate attempt to disrupt the ongoing dialogue between farmers and BJP leadership," he added in a post on X.
REUTERS
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