Samyukta Kisan Morcha to hold protest march from Mohali to Chandigarh on Saturday; will submit memorandum to Punjab Governor
Road users and Tricity residents set to have a tumultuous day The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) today announced to launch the second leg of the farmers’ agitation from Saturday. The Morcha will submit a memorandum to the Punjab Governor on the pending MSP guarantee and other demands. The one-day agitation will begin with the protesting […]Read More
Protested outside DC complex for months, shifted to roads as we were not heard: unions
Bohr Singh, president, Fardikot unit of SKM, said, “CM is saying to protest outside DC office or outside the house of MLAs. The CM needs to know that we farmers had been sitting outside DC offices for months before shifting to roads. Why were we not heard?” On a day Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann slammed […]Read More
Farmer unions call off protest after Mann accepts most demands
“We have decided to cancel the FIRs registered against farmers, be it during Covid-19 pandemic, for stubble burning or agitation,” said Mann. Several farmer bodies on Tuesday decided to call off their proposed agitation on August 3 after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accepted most of their demands, including clearing pending sugarcane dues and withdrawing […]Read More
Farmers’ ‘rail roko’ throws services off track, passengers a harried lot
Threaten another agitation if Central Government fails to fulfil promises On a call given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), farmer unions on Sunday staged a protest for four hours at the railway station resulting in disruption of train services. Leaders of the farmers said following the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on […]Read More
Agnipath: Punjab farm unions to hold statewide protest tomorrow
As many as 22 farmer unions of Punjab, under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), have announced to hold protests across Punjab on June 24 in support of the protesting students against the Centre’s newly launched Agnipath recruitment scheme. Addressing the media, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Dakaunda) president Buta Singh Burjgill said a meeting of […]Read More
Protesting farmers had no clue of Modi’s convoy travelling by road from Bathinda to Ferozepur: Samyukt Kisan Morcha
‘Attempt to malign us, cover up failure’ The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has said the protesting farmers at Piareana village had no clue that PM Narendra Modi’s convoy was to take the route they were protesting on. They learnt about it only later from the media, after the PM had returned. In a statement, the SKM […]Read More
Only struggle, not poll plunge will help farmers: BKU Ekta-Ugrahan
BKU Ekta Ugrahan leaders say the farm struggle against farm laws had taught them that struggle worked for them than seats in Parliament or state assemblies Sangrur With some farmers’ unions deciding to contest Punjab assembly polls, Bharti Kisan Union (BKU Ekta-Ugrahan) said farmer unions should focus on resolving issues of farmers through struggle, than […]Read More
SKM to decide on Jan 15 if farm unions contesting polls can stay in organisation
Earlier in the day, it was reported that Balbir Singh Rajewal will lead the new political front Samyukt Samaj Morcha in the upcoming Punjab assembly elections. He said was under severe pressure from the people of the state to contest the polls. Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which has consistently maintained its stance on not allowing […]Read More
22 farm unions float political party Samyukt Samaj Morcha to contest Punjab polls, SKM doesn’t approve
The political front of the farmers in Punjab will be led by Balbir Singh Rajewal. Three farm bodies including BKU (Dakounda) and BKU (Lakhowal) will decide shortly whether to join the party. Around 22 unions of farmers that were part of Samyukt Kisan Morcha which helmed the year-long protest against the three contentious farm bills […]Read More
Why Are Gruesome Lynchings Being Justified in Punjab?
Mainstream political parties and Sikh scholars seem unwilling to upset public sentiment, which appears to forgive murders and justify them because of anger against sacrilege. The deep fault lines in Punjab’s religio-social politics are now out in the open, as the back-to-back lynchings in Amritsar and Kapurthala after alleged sacrilege attempts sent shock waves across the country. These incidents […]Read More
