Farmers March

Farmers End March To Mumbai After Talks With Maharashtra Government

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2019

A leading farmers' organisation on Thursday announced suspension of its ongoing protest march from Nashik to Mumbai over agrarian concerns after talks with the Maharashtra government.

To Protest "Betrayal", 50,000 Maharashtra Farmers March To Mumbai Again

India News | Written by Purva Chitnis | Thursday February 21, 2019

Over 50,000 farmers on Wednesday embarked on a 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai for the second time in the last 12 months to protest against what they termed as the "betrayal" of peasants by the BJP governments at the state and centre. The Kisan Long March-2 -- expected to take over nine days to complete -- is being organised by the CPI(M)'s All ...

Amid Delhi Farmers March, A Jibe From Ex-PM Over 'Ease Of Doing Business'

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 30, 2018

Supporting the farmers' march in New Delhi, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda Friday said, along with "ease of doing business", India should also better itself in "ease of doing agriculture".

Farmers Marching To Parliament Stopped Some Distance Away

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 30, 2018

Denied permission by police to march to Parliament, around 35,000 farmers from across the country have converged near Parliament Street Police station in the national capital today, where their leaders addressed the protesters. The national secretary of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), Asish Mittal, said farmers from 2...

Rahul Gandhi Leads Opposition Charge At Mega Farmers' Rally: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday November 30, 2018

Thousands of farmers, some barechested in the November cold and others carrying skulls of loved ones who committed suicide, gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi today to demand loan waivers and better prices for their produce. The protest paved the way for two political leaders -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Ar...

Farmers' March To Parliament Affects Traffic In Central Delhi

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 30, 2018

Traffic in central and Lutyens' Delhi went into a tizzy on Friday as thousands of farmers, who have been camping at the Ramlila ground since Thursday, began their march to Parliament amid heavy policy deployment, to press for their various demands including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce.

Land, Not Bullet Train: Voices From Maharashtra In Delhi's Kisan March

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 29, 2018

Among the thousands of farmers who descended in Delhi from across the country Thursday for the 'Kisan March' on agrarian crises, were also people from Maharashtra's Palghar town who wanted to save their land, which is likely to be acquired for the bullet train project.

Mega Farmers' March To Parliament In Traffic-Stopping Protest: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday November 30, 2018

With hopes of being heard in the country's capital and to send a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government just months before it seeks re-election, nearly 8,000 farmers from across India have begun their march to parliament. The farmers began a two-day protest in Delhi on Thursday with demands including loan waivers and better prices for...

Singur To Kolkata: Farmers March For Industry, Jobs, Farming Fit Land

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday November 28, 2018

The CPI(M) has returned to Singur in West Bengal's Hooghly district, a decade after a farmers' protest that had begun here led to the exit of the Left government in the state after 34 years in power.

Maharashtra Farmer Protest March In Azad Maidan, To Meet Chief Minister

India News | Thursday November 22, 2018

Thousands of farmers took the streets continuing their protest march towards Mumbai's Azad Maidain to demand loan waiver among other issues. Farmers from across Maharashtra, under Lok Sangharsh Morcha, began their march on Tuesday and reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan this afternoon.

Thousands Of Farmers March To Azad Maidan In Mumbai For Loan Waiver

India News | ANI | Thursday November 22, 2018

The government has not even done even two per cent of the works they promised to us, general secretary of the Lok Sangharsh Morcha Pratibha Shinde said.

20,000 Farmers March From Thane To Mumbai Demanding Drought Compensation

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Wednesday November 21, 2018

Over 20,000 farmers have started a two-day march from Thane to Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan, eight months after a similar protest saw a sea of red - formed by farmers in red caps - on a long march through Maharashtra. The farmers are demanding compensation for drought, an unconditional farm loan waiver and the transfer of forest rights to tribals. I...

Farmers Plan March To Delhi Next Month

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 26, 2018

Government has no intention of solving farmers' distress, Yogendra Yadav, founder member of Swaraj Abhiyan and Jai Kisan Andolan said.

After Delhi March, Farmers Say Protest Will Continue Till Demands Are Met

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 3, 2018

The standoff between protesting farmers and police at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border ended last night after the protesters reached an agreement with the government and they were allowed to march to the Kisan Ghat, the memorial of farmer leader and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.

"We Won't Move Until...": Farmers March 250 km To Knock Government's Door

India News | Written by Sukirti Dwivedi | Wednesday October 3, 2018

Yasin Khan, 45, is the father of six kids. He is the sole breadwinner in his family of eight and works as a sugarcane farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. The government sugarcane mill has not given his total payment of Rs 10,000 for the last four months.