Farmers call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on February 16; ‘rail roko’ observed in Punjab
Meanwhile, the farm leaders will hold talk with Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityananad Rai, for the third time in a row, in Chandigarh
Meanwhile, the farm leaders will hold talk with Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityananad Rai, for the third time in a row, in Chandigarh
The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today demanding a caste-based census.
Banking services were partially affected in the country in response to a nationwide strike called for today and tomorrow by…
"We reserve our stand on supporting or opposing any bandh generally called by political parties, but this time is different. The three laws will rob the farmers of their land and livelihood and allow corporate to take over the agriculture sector and the system will hit the common people..."
The Bandh once again brought to fore the fissures among the political parties over the issue.
According to the SKM, the 12-hour bandh will be observed between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. However, ambulances and other essential services will be allowed.
It also called for setting up of a regulatory authority for the e-commerce sector. Such authority should be empowered with due rights to take any penal action against those who violate the law or policy, the traders' body said.
Thakur said the ‘Bandh’ has no impact in the state as traffic movement was smooth as usual barring few incidents of road blockade by Congress and CPM leaders in Shimla town.
The bandh evoked good response in Udham Singh Nagar, some response in Dehradun and Roorkee, but little response in many parts of the hill state.
After staging a protest in Shimla, State Congress chief Kuldeep Singh Rathore said there seemed to be mala fide intentions behind hasty passing of new farm laws by PM Modi government as neither opposition parties nor the farmers’ leaders were consulting after drafting the laws.
