New Delhi: Raju alias Devappa Anna Shetti, founder of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna and the lone Member of Parliament who is a farmer leader, from the Hathkhanagale constituency in Kolhapur district Maharashtra; demands a special session of parliament to address the farmers issue immediately. Nearly 855 farmers commit suicide in Maharashtra[Read More…]
Tag: Farmer’s protest
Kisan Kranti Yatra: Farmers protest turns violent, protest to continue
New Delhi: As the nation celebrated Gandhi Jayanti, hundreds of farmers on Tuesday clashed with police at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border when they were prevented from entering the national capital and lathi-charged and tear-gassed after water canons failed to subdue them. While both sides said there was agreement on some[Read More…]
LIVE Updates | Police shot farmers during ‘Kisan Kranti Padyatra’: Multiple injured, reports
LIVE Updates: After tear gas and water canons police use live bullets, open fire on protesting farmers. several farmers have been hit, many received injuries. ‘Are we terrorist’, do we go to Pakistan: protesting farmer asks police #KisanKranti — A farmer from Aligarh was shot at while protesters were heading towards[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Farmers protest, throw potatoes outside CM’s residence
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh faced an embarrassing situation on Saturday as quintals of potatoes were thrown by the farmers in front of the Vidhan Sabha building and outside Chief Minister’s residence. The VIP and high-security zone in front of the state assembly building was strewn with potatoes[Read More…]
Modi government not letting us raise farmers’s issue: Rahul Gandhi
Addressing a rally at Banswara, Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of ignoring the farmers’ issues. He said “Today, we wanted to raise farmers’issues in Lok Sabha. PM Modi was present and other Ministers were also present. We were not allowed to speak[Read More…]
Protesting Tamil Nadu farmers detained outside PM Modi’s residence
Farmers from Tamil Nadu arrived Delhi on Sunday to resume their protest demanding for loan waiver and drought-relief package. Over 70 farmers tried to stage a protest near PM’s residence but were later taken to Parliament Street police station. “Our demands were not met as promised by Tamil Nadu chief[Read More…]
After being denied the right to protest, farmers move Gujarat HC
The farmers’ group, Khedut Samaj Gujarat (KSG), is protesting against a 2009 government notification that brings 68 villages of Mehsana, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad district under Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA). The farmers are citing a number of practical problems that will put their farming in jeopardy. Due to this, when[Read More…]
Only 10% farmer benefit from loan waiver: NITI Aayog
Government think-tank NITI Aayog said that even as states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka announced loan waiver to farmers, it barely helps just 10% of those in need. According to Hindustan Times reports, pitching for “targeted relief rather than blanket loan waivers”, Prof Ramesh Chand, a member at the[Read More…]
Another debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Uttarakhand
In Uttarakhand, a debt-ridden farmer from Nagar district committed suicide, claimed his relatives on Sunday. This comes at a time when governments across states are providing loan waiver to farmers as a repercussion to the intense stir in many Indian states especially Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Ramavtar (42) of Haldi[Read More…]
Loan waiver, a fashion show now: M Venkaiah Naidu
On Thursday, the Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that loan waiver has become a trend now and should be waived in extreme situations only. Speaking at India’s largest municipal bond programme in Mumbai, Naidu said, “Loan waiver has become fashion now. It should be waived but in[Read More…]
Farmers clash Thane: Protesters torch vehicles, block highway
Clashes erupted on a national highway in Maharashtra near Thane between the protesting farmers and police on Thursday. Several policemen have been injured and additional forces have been deployed in the area, said sources. The farmers were protesting against the walling-up of an old British-period aerodrome in the area by[Read More…]
Punjab: Capt Amarinder Singh declares loan waiver for farmers
On Monday, Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh declared a loan waiver for a section of the farming sector of the state. The loan respite includes a total waiver of crop loans of up to Rs 2 lakh for all small and marginal farmers who own up to 5 acres,[Read More…]
Farmers block highways in Haryana, Rajasthan as part of protest
On Friday, a nationwide stir has been started by the farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan where they are blocking national highways as a part of their protest. The farmers have gathered in order to protest against the death of five cultivators in police firing in Madhya Pradesh and also against[Read More…]
Farmers continue to get short-term loan at 7% interest
The government on Wednesday extended the subsidy to banks for fiscal 2017-18, farmers will continue to get a short-term loan of up to Rs 3 lakh at a subsidised interest rate of 7%, and prompt repayers will get it at 4%. In the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday headed by PM[Read More…]
85 yr old with bones broken by police on fast in Madhya Pradesh
While mainstream media was busy hyping Madhya Pradesh CM’s ‘peace-fast’ act, there have been people in Madhya Pradesh who have been subtly protesting against the killing of farmers’ and other forms of police brutality in the region. 85 years old Kamlabai was beaten up by the Madhya Pradesh police, after[Read More…]
States giving loan waivers to farmers should arrange funds on their own: Arun Jaitley
Soon after the Maharashtra government announced a loan waiver for farmers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that states that want to waive off loans should arrange funds on their own. After the widespread farmers’ agitation, the Maharashtra government announced a loan waiver and decided to form a committee to[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan calls off ‘Peace Fast’
After 15 hours of fasting, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan ended his “peace fast” on Sunday assuring the farmers that their demands will be considered and acted upon. Last night, the families of four of the 6 farmers, who were killed in the police firing in Mandsaur, met[Read More…]
Farmers protest: CM to quit fast if peace prevails
On the second day of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s fast, he swore to solve farmers’ problems. And he also ensured that he would take stern actions against the culprits. Last night, the families of four of the 6 farmers, who were killed in the police firing in[Read More…]
After Rahul Gandhi, AAP team heads for Mandsaur
On Friday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders headed to drought-hit Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, where five farmers lost their lives in police firing on Tuesday. Their visit comes a day after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s dramatic attempt to visit Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur and his brief arrest. Mr Gandhi headed[Read More…]
Doing Yoga is the solution to dying, protesting farmers: Radha Mohan Singh
On Thursday, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh commenting on the farmers’ protest said that yoga was the answer to the farmers’ problems. In Bihar, on a 3-day yoga festival organised by Baba Ramdev, when Singh was asked about the five farmers who have been killed in the protest, Singh[Read More…]
MP: Former RSS member takes leads in mobilising protesters
Shivkumar Sharma, former RSS leader and national convener of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh, who has organised leadership of farmers’ protest in Madhya Pradesh, had also led a farmers’ protest against shortage of gunny bags in Bareli town. This was in 2012 while he was the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh’s (BKS), general[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi detained at the Neemuch border on his way to Mandsaur
On Thursday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been detained at the Neemuch border while on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur. He was to meet families of five people who died in police firing during farmers’ protests on Tuesday. Rahul Gandhi on Thursday left Delhi for Mandsaur even as the local[Read More…]
Massive unrest in Mandsaur in the aftermath of farmers killed in protest
Tension abounds Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur after the death of 5 protesting farmers. On Wednesday, as the District Collector went to placate protesters, he was slapped and chased away. Swantra Singh had visited the site where agitators are protesting with the dead body of one of the farmers killed in yesterday’s[Read More…]
Farmers’ protest: Two farmers killed, 4 injured in firing during protests in Mandsaur
On Tuesday, two farmers were killed and four others were injured in firing during a protest in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday. However, it is unclear yet who opened fire. The government has ordered a probe into the incident. The Rashtriya Kisaan Mazdoor Sangh has called for a state-wide bandh[Read More…]
No farmer committed suicide over drought: TN govt to SC
Tamil Nadu Government on Friday said to the Supreme Court that drought is not the reason for farmer suicides in the state. The government stated that no farmer had committed suicide in the state, and clarified that those who have, took the extreme step due to personal reasons, The Indian[Read More…]