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  Tractor march on Feb 26, kisan mahapanchayat on March 14 as farmers protest set to intensify

  India | February 23, 2024 6:39 IST

  Farmers protest: Baldev Singh Sirsa identified the dead farmer as Subhkaran Singh (21), a resident of Baloke village in Punjab's Bathinda district. Patiala-based Rajindra Hospital's medical superintendent HS Rekhi told reporters that three people, one of them dead, were brought to the hospital.

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  Farmers protest: BKU-Ugrahan calls for 'Rail Roko' in Punjab today from 12 noon to 4 pm

  India | February 15, 2024 6:10 IST

  Farmers protest: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' agitation to put pressure on the Centre for their demands, including a law on minimum support price for crops and loan waivers.

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  BKU leader Rakesh Tikait says he won't join Bharat Jodo Yatra

  India | January 02, 2023 16:57 IST

  The Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Rahul Gandhi, is currently on winter break and will resume on January 3.

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  Farmer's protest: SKM stir ends in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri; meeting in Delhi on Sep 6 for next strategy

  India | August 20, 2022 20:58 IST

  Farmers' protest: Lakhimpur Kheri is represented in Lok Sabha by Mishra, the Union Minister of State for Home. His son Ashish Mishra is an accused in the violence that took place on October 3 last year in which four farmers and a journalist were among the eight people killed.

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  Farmers' protest: SKM stir enters second day, Tikait asks farmers to be ready for agitation

  India | August 20, 2022 20:54 IST

  Farmers' protest: At the dharna venue, women activists from the Kisan Sangarsh Samiti from neighboring Sitapur recited poems highlighting farmers' struggles.

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  BKU leader Dilbag Singh planned attack on himself to get arms licence, say UP Police

  India | June 02, 2022 7:32 IST

  The police noted the BKU leader was provided with a gunman for security, but he gave him an off on the day of the attack.

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  Lakhimpur Kheri violence: In address to farmers, Chaduni urges support to 'brothers' in jail

  India | March 22, 2022 10:37 IST

  Chaduni is a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) from Haryana. He was in Lakhimpur on Monday, where he addressed the farmers.

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  UP Election Result: People's decision paramount, hope govts work for farmers, says Rakesh Tikait

  Elections | March 11, 2022 13:53 IST

  “In the great festival of democracy, the decision of the people is paramount. The farmers' movement showed its effect. We hope that all the governments that have been formed will work for to uplift farmers and labourers in their respective states. Congratulations to all on the victory,” Tikait tweeted in Hindi.

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  BKU to observe 'Virodh Diwas' today as farmers allege 'betrayal' by Centre over farm issues

  India | January 31, 2022 7:25 IST

  Earlier in December last year, the SKM had announced the suspension of their year-long agitation after they received a letter from the Central government, with promises of forming a committee on MSP.

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  PM's security breach: Surjit Singh Phool lauds BKU Krantikari members for blocking cavalcade | VIDEO

  Elections | January 06, 2022 17:05 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit was cut short on Wednesday after a "major security lapse" as he was stranded on a flyover for 20 minutes due to a blockade by protesters, prompting the Union Home Ministry to seek an immediate report from the state government and strict action against those responsible.

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  Won't contest Punjab polls; connecting with those who'd fight through their parties: BKU president

  India | November 16, 2021 6:41 IST

  Chaduni made the above statements after he attended a meeting with United Kisan Morcha leader Surjit Singh Phool and various other district heads of farmers unions at Dera Kar Seva Gurdwara in district Karnal, Haryana.

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  Tikri border to be open from 7am-8pm, only two-wheelers and ambulances allowed to ply: Farmers

  India | October 30, 2021 18:42 IST

  The process to remove the barricades started following the October 21 Supreme Court direction, calling for unblocking of the roads that have remained out of bounds for commuters due to the anti-farm laws protests at Delhi's border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur.

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  No relief for commuters even as police remove barriers from borders; BKU says 'protests to continue'

  India | October 30, 2021 10:08 IST

  Farmers have been protesting since November 26 last year against the three enacted farm laws: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

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  'Rail Roko': Protests will be intensified until justice is secured in Lakhimpur case, says SKM

  India | October 18, 2021 23:49 IST

  Protesting farmers, including women, raised slogans against the BJP-led government at the Centre and demanded the arrest of Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra. Security personnel were deployed at railway stations in the wake of the 'rail roko' protest.  

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  Singhu border murder incident conspiracy of govt, alleges Rakesh Tikait | Exclusive

  India | October 18, 2021 19:41 IST

  The body of Lakhbir Singh, who was killed by Nihangs, was found on Friday tied to a barricade at the Singhu border with a hand chopped off and multiple wounds caused by sharp-edged weapons.

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  Raju Ahlawat, resigns as BKU Saharanpur division chief, joins BJP

  India | October 10, 2021 18:40 IST

  The BKU is one of the 32 farmer unions protesting against the Centre's three agri laws.

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  Rakesh Tikait leaves for Lakhimpur Kheri where farmers protest turned violent

  India | October 03, 2021 21:57 IST

  While leaving Ghazipur on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border for Lakhimpur Kheri, Tikait, the BKU’s national spokesperson, claimed that “several farmers” are feared dead during the violence in which two vehicles were also allegedly set on fire.

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  Rakesh Tikait, famers continue to protest outside Tohana Police Station

  News | June 06, 2021 16:10 IST

  Scores of farmers, including BKU leader Rakesh Tikait, continue to protest outside Tohana police station.

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  Don't hold protest over COVID, it may prove super-spreader: Punjab CM to farmers

  India | May 23, 2021 19:50 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) not to hold their planned sit-in over his government's "failure" to tackle coronavirus, saying their three-day protest may turn into a super-spreader. 

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  Rakesh Tikait accuses Centre for attack on his convoy

  News | April 03, 2021 14:50 IST

  A day after attack on Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait's convoy, he blamed Centre for the incident.