-The Hindu If demands are not met, ‘rail roko’ on October 18, Lucknow rally on October 24, say farmer protest leaders. Protesting farm unions have issued a call for farmers to again gather in strength in Tikunia in Uttar Pradesh on October 12, the “antim ardaas” day when last rites will be conducted for the farmers who died at Lakhimpur Kheri last Sunday. From there, the ashes of the victims will be...
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Who are the Sikhs of Lakhimpur Kheri? Tracing their history, origin, livelihood -Tenzin Zompa
-ThePrint.in Sikh families in the Terai region in Uttar Pradesh, of which Lakhimpur Kheri is a part, migrated to the region post Partition. Most of them practice farming. New Delhi: Four farmers were among the eight killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri Sunday after a convoy of three SUVs hit protesting farmers in the district. The four victims — Nachattar Singh (60), Lovepreet Singh (20), Daljeet Singh (35) and Gurvinder Singh (19) —...
More »SC to examine farmers’ right to protest on sub-judice issue -R Balaji
-The Telegraph The observation came following a request from attorney-general K.K. Venugopal, who was representing the Centre along with solicitor-general Tushar Mehta The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine the constitutionality of the farmers’ right to protest on a sub-judice issue, particularly when the controversial farm laws had been stayed and were “not in force”. The court said the “central issue” was “whether the right to protest is an absolute right”. It also...
More »BJP to focus on delinking agitation from farm issues -Smriti Kak Ramachandran
-Hindustan Times The BJP leadership has explicitly instructed the cadre to reinforce that the ongoing farm protests are “motivated” and an attempt to “destabilise” the country, a party functionary claimed The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has redoubled efforts to distance the farmer protests from the farm issues ahead of elections in states such as Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, where the demand from a section of farmers’ for repealing the farm laws enacted...
More »‘Farmers’ victory’: Congress on Centre’s order to procure paddy in Punjab, Haryana from Oct 3
-The Tribune The government will also have to take back the three farm laws, says Surjewala The Congress on Saturday hailed as “farmers’ victory” the Centre’s order to commence paddy procurement in Punjab and Haryana from October 3 instead of October 11. The Centre’s earlier decision to postpone procurement till October 11 due to recent heavy rains sparked protests by farmers in the two states. Responding to the development, Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep...
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