Farmers' leader says march ended but protest to continue, will teach govt lesson in 2019 if all demands not met
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe protesting farmers have demanded loan waivers, clearing of dues by sugar mills, higher MSP, free electricity for farms and a cut in diesel prices.
After Kisan Kranti Yatra, government decides to hike MSP on six rabi crops according to farmers' demand
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe proposal is set to be put forward to the Cabinet of Economic affairs later in the evening, according to News18. The move also comes before the state Assembly elections, particularly Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Kisan Kranti Yatra in Delhi: Presentations alone won't solve agrarian distress, govt must examine ground reality
Yatishyadav • 7 years agoThe ill-conceived effort to resolve woes of farmers, who are harvesting debt every month, through official presentations is nothing more than a repetitive process irrespective of the shades of power in the Centre since independence, and the reason why farmers marched to Delhi as part of Kisan Kranti Yatra
Farmers call off 10-day long Kisan Kranti Yatra after midnight march in Delhi as Centre concedes to most demands
Ians • 7 years agoThe central government allowed the farmers to enter Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, ending the prolonged standoff between the police personnel and protesting farmers.
Mayawati slams BJP for police action on Kisan Kranti Yatra protesters at Delhi-UP border, warns of consequences
• 7 years agoStressing that every section of the society has been hit by the "anti- poor and anti-farmer" policies of the BJP-led central and state governments, the BSP president said the farmers, particularly, were facing immense problems.
Kisan Kranti Yatra 'politically motivated', says Union Minister of State for Agriculture, claims farmers thankful to Modi govt
Ians • 7 years agoKisan Kranti Yatra by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent on Tuesday as they tried to break barricades
Farmers protesting in Delhi seek loan waivers, payment of sugarcane dues, fuel price cuts: A look at their demands
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe farmers list of demands include unconditional loan waivers, clearing of dues by sugar mills, higher prices for crops, free electricity for farms and a cut in diesel prices.
Police halt farmers' march at Delhi-UP border using water cannons, tear gas shells; protesters break barricades
• 7 years agoFarmers marching towards Delhi as part of the Bharatiya Kisan Union's (BKU) protest call over demands ranging from farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices, were stopped at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border Tuesday with police using water cannons to disperse them.
Delhi farmers' protest: Prohibitory orders imposed in east, northeast parts of city as thousands march to National Capital
• 7 years agoThe city police Monday imposed prohibitory orders in east and northeast Delhi, anticipating law and order problems as thousands of Bhartiya Kisan Union members are on a march from Haridwar to reach the national capital Tuesday.