Thousands of farmers, sharecroppers and agricultural workers on Thursday converged in the heart of the city at the end of a two-day long 52-kilometer march from Singur in West Bengal’s Hooghly district. The ‘Singur to Raj Bhavan’ campaign, which culminated…
Yamuna Jadhav does not look like she has barely slept for two nights. She grins, says ‘Lal Salaam’ with a raised hand and a clenched fist, and adds, “We are looking forward to the next two days.” She reached Delhi…
https://youtu.be/o4NA93lOOjA Leaders of Opposition parties, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi, today used the second day of the farmers’ protest as a platform to demonstrate unity against the BJP as they underscored the need to oust the Narendra Modi government in…
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday pledged the opposition’s unstinted support to farmers at their massive rally near Parliament, nudging them to continue their protests to seek a better life for themselves. “I want to assure you we are with…
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On Thursday afternoon, as a sea of farmers carrying red flags and banners marched from Indraprastha Park in East Delhi towards Ramlila Maidan in central Delhi, Anil Kumar, a police officer, looked on sceptically. “I can bet that 80% of…
The Delhi Police have not granted permission to farmers to march from Ramlila Ground to the Parliament House on Friday, but have still geared up to handle the crowd and manage traffic disruptions if the protesters decide to go ahead…
Founder-Editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India and agrarian expert P. Sainath talks to Shalini Nair on the aim of the two-day long Kisan Mukti March in Delhi to bring the various aspects of farm distress into the national…