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‘Jailing farmers doesn’t help anyone’: After floods wrecked harvest, Punjab stares at the parali puzzle

As Punjab’s farmers struggle to complete delayed paddy harvests due to one of the worst floods in recent times, they face yet another pressure – to quickly clear fields to make way for Rabi crops.

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Farmers will take out tractor parade across the country on 26 January

Farmers will take out tractor parade across the country on 26 January, announcement of Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat from 9 February Read further on Dynamite News:

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We supported BJP in 2014, but it didn't live up to expectations: BKU chief Naresh Tikait

lok sabha polls: Ahead of polls in western Uttar Pradesh, BKU leader Naresh Tikait criticizes the BJP. Says he is open to supporting any party in the general election.

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As farmers plan to ‘march’ on tractor-trolleys to Delhi, outfits trying to mobilise strength from several States

Farmers from Punjab plan to lay siege to Delhi on February 13, demanding a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) and other reforms.

The Hindu

Farmers start three-day rail roko agitation in Punjab against Centre; some rail services disrupted

Farmers in Punjab began a 3-day 'rail roko' agitation on Sept 28, demanding a financial package for flood losses, legal guarantee for MSP, and debt waiver.

The Hindu

Farmers outfits in Punjab to stage rail roko protest against Centre

: Farmers in Punjab to start 3-day 'rail roko' agitation on Sep 28 to demand special package, MSP guarantee, loan waiver & more.

The Hindu

Farmer killed in clash with police ahead of Chandigarh rally over flood relief

Farmer leaders detained in Punjab ahead of protest in Chandigarh for flood-relief compensation. Police and farmers clashed, leading to the death of one farmer dead. 16 farmer outfits from 6 states to gather in Chandigarh on Aug 22

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BKU Charuni writes to Union agriculture minister, demands paddy procurement from September 15

KURUKSHETRA: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni has written a letter to Union agriculture and farmers' welfare minister Narendra Singh Tomar, and demanded from him to start the paddy procurement this year from September 15 instead of October 1.

The Times of India

Haryana farmers block Delhi-Chandigarh highway after mahapanchayat seeking MSP for sunflower seed

The “MSP Dilao, Kisan Bachao mahapanchayat”, called by Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Charuni), was held at a grain market in Pipli close to National Highway-44. After the mahapanchayat the farmers gathered on the highway, blocking it.

The Hindu

Farmers plan to meet President on wrestlers’ agitation

A khap ‘mahapanchayat’ to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh started in Soram village here on June 1, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leaders said.

The Hindu

Wrestlers’ protest | Naresh Tikait announces mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar on June 1

BKU leader Naresh Tikait said a mahapanchayat will be held in Muzaffarnagar’s Soram village on June 1, 2023 to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment charges

The Hindu

Haryana: BKU to mark 2-year anniversary of farmers' protest on Nov 24, block rail track later

KURUKSHETRA: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni decided to mark 2-year anniversary of year-long farmers' protest at grain market, Mohra village in Ambala Cantonment on the National Highway (NH)-44 and later block rail track in protest against "Centre government's renege on promises made to farmers".

The Times of India

Tractor-trolley travel ban aimed at scuttling farmers' agitation: Rakesh Tikait

Twenty-six people were killed and several others seriously injured when a tractor trolley drove off road and fell into a pond in Kanpur

The Hindu

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Victims' families awaiting justice, says Rakesh Tikait

Rakesh Tikait will take part in religious programmes at the Kaudiyala Ghat gurdwara in Tikunia on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence

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BKU Ugrahan finds alternatives to farm crisis in Bhagat Singh’s ideals

Farmer group to launch campaign, work to ensure ‘political setback’ to government’s ‘corporate driven policies’

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Farmers’ leader poses question over the I2U2’s decision to create food parks in India

General Secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Yudhvir Singh said the organisation will “strongly” oppose the food agreement under the I2U2 grouping and argued that the decision will reduce farmers to landless peasants

The Times of India

Two among Roorkee gang-rape accused BKU men, expelled

MUZAFFARNAGAR: Days after a six-year-old girl and her mother were allegedly gang-raped in Roorkee, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) expelled two of its members whose names were among the accused, according to the union's divisional president Naveen Rathi. Accused Subodh Kakran and Vicky Tomar, both residents of Muzaffarnagar, were members…

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Samyukta Kisan Morcha’s nationwide protest against ‘Agnipath’ on June 24: Rakesh Tikait

The decision for the protest was taken during a meeting of the coordination committee of SKM in Karnal, he said and urged the support of youths, the civil society and political parties for the demonstrations on Friday.

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Uttar Pradesh: Major inconsistencies in claim of the local farmer leader, claim police

BAREILLY: Ballistic experts found "major inconsistencies" in a local BKU leader's claim that he was fired at while he was driving home in his car, police said, and suggested that the firing might have been faked to obtain an arms licence.

The Hindu

'Attack' on BKU leader: Inconsistencies in claim, may have staged act for arms license, say police

The Firing on BKU-Tikait leader Dilbag Singh in Lakhimpur Kheri may have been faked to obtain an arms licence, the police said

The Times of India

Ink thrown at BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru, 3 detained

NEW DELHI: A group of unknown people threw black ink at Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait while he was attending an event in Bengaluru on Monday.

The Hindu

Rakesh Tikait blames BJP for rift in BKU (Tikait)

Disgruntled members form new outfit, cite lack of internal democracy

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Split in Bharatiya Kisan Union; new group calls itself 'non-political'

LUCKNOW: Months after being part of a raging farmers' protest against the new farm laws, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Sunday was hit by rebellion when a group of senior functionaries detached itself from the union and formed a separate outfit -- BKU (non-political).

The Times of India

Punjab: 7 more unions leave Rajewal-led Sanyukt Samaj Morcha

BATHINDA: In a further blow to farmers’ political front Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, seven more farmer unions broke ties with it here on Monday and claimed that since nine had left already, the SSM remained with just five out of the original 21 constituents.

The Times of India

Reach counting venues in your tractors: BKU

SHAMLI: Khap leaders and members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) met in Shamli on Monday to discuss strategies to ensure a "fair" counting of votes on March 10.

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