Karnataka Bandh: Protests against farm laws across state; JD(S) workers hold bike rally in Shivamogga

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will interact with farmers via video-conferencing tomorrow at 10 am.

Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continued the 'rail roko' agitation in Punjab's Amritsar, in protest against Farm Bills. 

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh lashed out at SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday over his "persistent politicisation" of the new farm laws and said his “antics and political tirades” will not help the Akali Dal restore its credibility in Punjab. 

The Congress' youth wing activists on Monday morning set a tractor ablaze near India Gate, a few hundred metres from the Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament, to protest the contentious farm laws, attracting the BJP's diatribe as it accused the party of trying to "mislead" the farmers. The BJP said the opposition Congress has "shamed" the country with the "drama" aimed at "gaining publicity".

Delhi Congress leaders and workers, including its president Anil Kumar, were detained by the police on Monday during a protest against the farm reform laws at Rajghat. Kumar said a protest march from Rajghat to Raj Niwas was also scheduled but police detained party leaders and workers before it could begin.

The Congress in Goa on Monday staged a protest at the Raj Bhavan here to protest against the three new agricultural laws and demanded their rollback. In a memorandum submitted at the Raj Bhavan, Goa Congress leaders leading more than 1,000 protestors claimed the new legislations were "anti-farmer but corporate-friendly".

Hyderabad police detained leaders of opposition Congress party marching towards Raj Bhavan as part of the protest over the newly enacted Farm Laws. 

The Congress and the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL), on Monday, held separate agitations in Lucknow to protest against the farmers' bills. Hundreds of workers of both the parties clashed with the police, which had to use mild force to disperse the crowds.

Congress leader Adhir R Chowdhury wrote to West Bengal Governor over withdrawal of Farmers Produce Trade & Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Bill 2020, Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance Farm Services Bill, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill. 

Police detained Congress workers including party chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, who were protesting against the Farm Bills in Lucknow.

Karnataka: Indian National Trade Union Congress & Left parties protest against central & state govts in Hubli

Delhi Congress leaders and workers, including its president Anil Kumar, were detained by police on Monday during a protest against farm bills at Rajghat. Kumar said a protest march from Rajghat to Raj Niwas was also scheduled but police detained party leaders and workers before it could begin.

Karnataka: Police detain workers of Congress, JD(S) & SDPI, who were protesting in Madikeri of Kodagu district today.

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh holds a sit-in protest against Farm Bills

Karnataka: SDPI, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, JD(S), Karnataka Rakshana Vedike & others form human chain at Ashoka Circle, Shivamogga in protest against govt

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, & other organisations protest in front of Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall in Bengaluru.

Karnataka: JD(S) workers took out a bike rally in Shivamogga today, they were stopped by Police at Lakshmi Theater circle

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, & other organisations protest in front of Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall in Bengaluru. Farmers' organisations have called statewide bandh against Farm Bills (now laws), land reform ordinances, amendments to APMC & labour laws.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President MK Stalin takes part in a protest against Farm Bills (now laws) in Keezhambi village of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu

Karnataka: Passengers arrive at Majestic Bus Station

Karnataka: Protesters sit on a road in Hubli, in a bid to stop a bus amid statewide bandh today

Punjab Youth Congress workers stage a protest against the farm laws near India Gate in Delhi

Karnataka: Farmers' organisations offer flowers to shopkeepers in Hubli, requesting them to support today's statewide bandh.

Karnataka: All India Kisan Sabha & other orgs protest in front of Hemavathi statue

Karnataka: Normal traffic movement seen in Shivamogga this morning, in the wake of a statewide bandh called by farmers' organisations. 

Karnataka: Police force deployed in Kalaburagi in the wake of a statewide bandh called by farmers' organisations today

Karnataka: Passengers arrive at KSRTC bus station in Mangaluru, despite a statewide bandh called by farmers' organisations