Exactly a year after their historic agitation across Maharashtra, farmers in the state will once again hold protests from June 1 over their various "unresolved" demands like higher milk purchase prices and complete loan waiver. Source: Maharashtra farmers to protest…
NC24x7: What are the reasons for the agrarian crisis across the country? Dhawale: The fundamental root of the agrarian crisis is the failure of successive governments since independence to carry out radical land reforms. The pre-independence pledge of giving ‘Land…
A campaign for the signature of 10 crore farmers across India will culminate on August 9 with a “Quit India” call to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Large rallies will be held across India’s district headquarters with the farmers handing over…
With less than a week left for the May 28 by-polls in Maharashtra’s two Lok Sabha constituencies – Palghar and Bhandara-Gondia, the opposition parties are set to present a tough battle for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While in…
Demands 1 crore rupees compensation to the family of victim and 25 lakhs for the injured All India Kisan Sabha strongly condemns the attack and brutal killing of Riyaz and seriously injuring Shakeel by the cow vigilantes on Thursday night…
Demonstrations and public meetings in state capitals and New Delhi on 23 May 2018 To observe Protest Day with a slogan “Modi Sarkar ki char saal, Pol khol, Halla Bol’ (Four years of Modi Government, Expose and Protest), JEJAA will…
On the same day the Maharashtra government announced a Rs 3 per litre subsidy for dairies producing skimmed milk powder (SMP), dairy farmers in the state vowed to continue their protest. “Dairies which produce 20 per cent extra SMP than…
Farmers in Maharashtra will court arrests on May 14 to protest the state government’s “failure” to keep various welfare assurances it had given to them earlier. Leaders of farmers and various political fronts said they are planning the ‘jail bharo’…
Upset with the state government’s failure to keep promises, farmers across the state will hold a “jail bharo” protest on May 14, the birth anniversary of Sambhaji Maharaj. A farmers’ committee said that farmers in every district will support the…
After the massive farmer’s agitation in March, another protest is slated to take place on May 14 when lakhs of farmers will undertake a ‘Jail Bharo andolan’ to protest against the state government. Approximately 25 farmer organisations, who have now…