Farmers, Punjab CMO in deadlock over demands
Farmer leaders of 16-member Sanyukt Kisan Morcha insist on meeting chief minister Bhagwant Mann over new paddy sowing schedule and relief for wheat growers who suffered losses due to early onset of summer The deadlock between the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, comprising 16 farm organisations, and the Punjab chief minister’s office (CMO) continued in Chandigarh on […]Read More
Samyukt Morcha criticises AAP govt over ‘far-fetched’ announcements, demands compensation on loss of wheat yield
Samyukt Samaj Morcha – the political formation of farmers – criticised the AAP government on Wednesday for making announcements, which are not followed by subsequent steps to ensure that these are implemented. Satbir Singh Walia and Prof Maniit Singh, in a press conference, said the government declared that 35,000 contractual employees would be made regular, […]Read More
Punjab polls: Rajewal and Cos. dud poll debut
Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) proved to be a damp squib in the Punjab assembly polls as it failed to secure a single seat, crashing the party’s hopes to play the role of a game changer in the state politics Chandigarh: Farmers’ political outfit Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) proved to be a damp squib in the […]Read More
A doctor’s journey: from holding medical camp at farm stir site, to being poll candidate of the farmers’ party
Months down the line from having a medical camp at Tikri, a few meters away from that of US-based philanthropist cardiologist Dr Swaiman Singh, Dholewal (37) is Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM)’s candidate from Bassi Pathana (SC reserved constituency). When Dr Amandeep Kaur Dholewal started organising medical camps for farmers agitating against the now repealed agri […]Read More
