-The Hindu/ PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was asked why there is no word on this from the Prime Minister, senior Ministers and why there is a “defensive reaction” when somebody asks questions about such things The Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in which four farmers were killed, is “absolutely condemnable,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, emphasising that there are issues of such nature happening in other parts of India equally which should...
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Dismiss Union Minister Ajay Mishra: Samyukt Kisan Morcha
-The Tribune ‘Rail roko’ on Oct 18, mahapanchayat Oct 26 Terming the Lakhimpur Kheri incident a “pre-planned conspiracy” against farmers, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) today demanded the dismissal and arrest of Minister of State (Home) Ajay Mishra Teni. “The BJP wants to force farmers to resort to violence, but we will continue to use non-violent methods,” Kisan Morcha leaders said. Morcha leader Yogendra Yadav said unless Ajay Mishra was dismissed from the Cabinet...
More »Lakhimpur: SC pulls up UP police over delay in arrests -Utkarsh Anand
-Hindustan Times Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’, has been named as an accused in a murder first information report (FIR) lodged on Monday. The court was exceptionally harsh while commenting on the police’s lenient handling of Mishra, although it didn’t name him. The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for not immediately arresting Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister...
More »Samyukt Shetkari Kamgar Morcha endorses call for Maharashtra bandh
-The Hindu The Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena have called for a Maharashtra bandh on October 11 against the killings of the farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri Three days after all three ruling parties in Maharashtra — the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Shiv Sena — called for a State bandh against the killings of the farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, the Samyukt Shetkari Kamgar Morcha...
More »Samyukt Kisan Morcha calls for farmers to gather on October 12 -Priscilla Jebaraj
-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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