Farmers protest: SKM to hold ‘Black Day’ agitation tomorrow, ‘mahapanchayat’ in Delhi on March 14
The SKM will also organise an all-India tractor rally on February 26.
The SKM will also organise an all-India tractor rally on February 26.
Rahul Gandhi said that the history will definitely demand an account of the 'killing of farmers' from the BJP.
Farmers' leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that they will have discussions over the Khanauri incident.
Meanwhile, the Haryana Police has also claimed that 12 of its personnel sustained injuries after being attacked by farmers.
The protesting farmers have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow them to hold peaceful protests in Delhi.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha will protest against the lack of action against Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, who is accused in the Lakhimpur incident.
The officers will reach out to farmers and dissuade them from joining the agitation. The leave of all officers in the state has been canceled till October 18.
Tamil Nadu farmers association Deputy Secretary, P.S. Masilamani, who had participated in the farmers' agitation in New Delhi, told IANS that the farmers of Cauvery delta are "disturbed and outraged by the mowing down of fellow farmers and we are conducting peaceful protest marches in solidarity with the farmers of Lakhimpur Kheri."
Rahul Gandhi charged that farmers are being mowed down and the name of a union minister and his son is coming up, but no action is being taken.
The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee postponed their proposed “rail roko’ agitation till 30 October.