Farmers from across the country have begun trooping into the national capital for the third time in three months, hoping to make themselves heard in their fight for freedom from debt and fair prices for crops. Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan resonated…
The farmers’ march, which ended on Friday evening without yielding anything concrete for the protesting agriculturists, became a stage for Opposition leaders to band together in the capital and criticise the BJP in the election season. The march, under the…
It is past midnight and a group of farmers are raising chants of ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ while a few volunteers are offering tea to other peasants at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan to beat the cold. Thousands of farmers from across…
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…
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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…