-Livemint.com India has seen several large farmer-led movements. Yet, farm issues have rarely dominated national election campaigns, as Indian farmers remain divided by caste, geography, and class More than thirty years after hundreds of thousands of farmers led by Mahendra Singh Tikait brought Delhi to its knees, a new farm agitation has once again shaken Delhi. A government worried that it might be seen as ‘anti-farmer’ has agreed to reconsider the recent...
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140 pleas against Citizenship Amendment Act hang fire in Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Court declined to stay implementation of the Law in December 2019. Over 140 petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) have been pending for nearly a year in the Supreme Court, leaving petitioners drawn from all walks of life and across the political spectrum “deeply disappointed” over the delay. “I am deeply disappointed and the case should be taken up for hearing at the earliest,” parliamentarian Jairam Ramesh, one of the...
More »Farmers set ultimatum on repeal of new agriculture Laws -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Government seeks more time to respond; more talks on December 9. After four hours of discussion with Central Ministers on the tenth day of their ongoing protests on the borders of Delhi, farmer leaders ran out of patience. Refusing to speak any further, they went on a 25-minute “maun vrat” or silent protest. Holding up impromptu placards with a short scribbled message, “Yes or No?”, they demanded that the government declare...
More »Condemning the new farm Laws, Vikalp Sangam urges the government to help the country move towards a more sustainable, regenerative and diverse agricultural system
-Press release by Vikalp Sangam (vikalpsangam.org), dated 5th December, 2020 Vikalp Sangam (vikalpsangam.org) -- a conglomeration of 60+ active CSOs and members -- in its press release dated 5th December, 2020 has stated that the newly enacted farm Laws of the Centre will lead to further land alienation (landlessness) and destitution of the peasantry because the Laws permit, in thinly disguised form, the unsparing loot by the lobby of agri-businesses and...
More »UP's 'love jihad' ordinance militates against right to privacy, will allow political groups to jeopardise public order -Vikram Hegde
-Firstpost.com It is crucial to understand the salient features of the Law to understand its true intent and impact The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of UnLawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance and its clones which are coming up in other states, popularly known as 'love-jihad' Laws, have generated a lot of controversy of late. In Uttar Pradesh, the Law has been quickly deployed against marrying couples who come from different religious backgrounds, particularly in cases...
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