Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], January 6 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) chief Surjit Singh Phool on Thursday said that when the Senior Superintendent of Police Ferozepur asked them to vacate the road saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his way to a rally by road, they thought that the officer was "bluffing".

Ghaziabad Nov 24 PTI BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday urged the protesting farmers to gherao the collectorate and the Ghaziabad Development Authoritys office to demand enhanced compensation for their landThe Bhartiya Kisan Union BKU national spokesperson also urged them to raise the slogan Hamara Zila Hamara Collectorate our district our collectorate during the gheraoFarmers are protesting to get enhanced compensation of their agricultural land which was acquired by the GDA in 2007 for the Maduban Bapudham housing schemeTikait urged the agitating farmers to continue their protest against the three farm laws along with other demandsMore than 200 farmers of six villages Sadarpur Mainapur Nangla Duhai and Morta have been holding protests near Sadarpur since 2017 The farmers had approached the Allahabad High Court in 2008 but could not get any relief Ultimately they filed a petition in the Supreme Court in November 2017 The apex court in its decision ordered to pay enhanced compensation to the farmers who filed the petition BKU vice president of Uttar Pradesh Rajbir Singh said even after the Supreme Courts order compensation has not been paid by the authorityCompensation was announced at Rs 1100 per square meter Farmers or owners of around 280 acres land did not lift their compensation on previous rates and demanded the cost of their agricultural land as per the new Land Acquisition Act he said The protestors will decide the day on which they will gherao the collectorate or the GDA office Singh added PTI CORR KJ KJ

Nagpur Nov 18 PTI NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday said if the Union government showed willingness to amend the new farm laws where there is scope the impasse over the farmers agitation can be broken Farmers have been camping on Delhi borders for the last several months against the three new laws which the government says liberalize the agriculture sector Speaking to reporters in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra the former Union agriculture minister said the Centre should restart talks with the agitating farmers and take some more people in confidence No solution can be found if farmers insisted that their demands be accepted completely the NCP leader said At the same time if the government keeps prestige concerns aside and shows readiness to amend the laws where there is scope then I think dialogue can be started and some way out of this situation can be found he said Bhartiya Kisan Union Leader Rakesh Tikait on November 1 had said the Centre has time till November 26 to repeal the contentious laws after which farmer protests around Delhi would be intensified PTI CLS KRK KRK

New Delhi: In yet another death on the Singhu border on Wednesday a 45-year-old farmer was found hanging from a tree near a mall at the farmers’ protest site. The police said preliminary reports suggest the farmer allegedly died by suicide, adding that inquest proceedings under section 174 of CrPC have been initiated. According to the police, the deceased was identified as Gurpreet Singh from village Roorkee, Amloh tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district.

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday gave a week’s ultimatum to the Uttar Pradesh government for arresting Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son, accused of running his car over protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri. Tikait said that the farmer groups will gather in Bahraich again on the day of […]

Thousands of farmers, who gathered at Muzaffarnagar for a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’, made it abundantly clear that they will campaign against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh for the 2022 assembly polls. Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the organisers of the event said that the mahapanchayat will make the Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath governments realise the power of farmers, […]

Aparna BanerjiTribune News ServiceJalandhar August 20Mounting sugarcane dues and low state advisory prices SAP have irked thousands of farmers of the Doaba regionKuldip Singh president Doaba Kisan Union said The state government left us with no choiceWe are committed to receive sugarcane SAP rates at least on par with HaryanaThe decision has to be taken by the state governmentWhile 32 farmers unions under the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha back the Jalandhar stir the five Doaba unions which are primarily involved in the morcha including Doaba Kisan Union Bhartiya Kisan Union Doaba Kisan Sangharsh Committee and Majha Kisan Sangharsh CommitteeOn the one hand the state government shows solidarity with farmers while on the other farmers are not getting sugarcane rates