Leader of farmers: Dallewal’s role in the struggle for agricultural reform
Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a prominent farmer leader and the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur), ended his indefinite hunger strike on Sunday after 131 days.
Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a prominent farmer leader and the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur), ended his indefinite hunger strike on Sunday after 131 days.
The police are going through the call details record of the number which was used to threaten the leader.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav, Karnal-based BKU leader Jagdeep Singh Chaduni and some representatives of other farm unions have joined the meeting.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha national president and Lok Sabha member from Fatehpur Sikri, Rajkumar Chahar told IANS that he was fulfilling his political ambition by putting guns on farmers' shoulders.
Rakesh Tikait said, "We are announcing Mission UP/Uttarakhand. Rallies and Maha panchayats will be organised in these states. We are also demanding that toll plazas should be made free for all".
SP of Bagpat Pratap Gopendra Yadav confirmed that all 11 cases have been registered at Singhavli Aheer police station on charges of defying the High Court`s order according to which stubble burning is banned in order to check air pollution.
For a long time, Bijnore's Daibalgarh farmers have been demanding a bridge connecting their villages and fields to the other side.
Contradicting the claims of the UP government of prompt payment of sugar cane dues in the state, the farmers here have been protesting over the issue for past several months but they say that their issues have not been resolved yet.
The farmers even refused to give up their protest on the occasion of Karwachauth on Saturday as a consequence of which their wives decided to join them and celebrate the festival with their men.
Chandrapal Fauji has declared that the farmers would wait for 10 days and if their demands are not met, the entry of BJP leaders and workers would be banned in their villages.
