Tag: Rakesh Tikait
We shall not support farmer organizations contesting elections in Punjab: SKM
In a meeting held at the Singhu Border on the outskirts of Delhi on Jan 15, the...
Why the current farmers’ movement is bigger than Champaran and Kheda
Farmers will return from the encampments set up on the Delhi borders to their homes...
SKM decides to end movement; farmers will vacate protest sites on Dec 11
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organization of the farmers, has decided...
Bill to repeal three farm laws passed in Parliament
The Parliament has passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, which will repeal the...
Modi makes ‘farm outreach’ with Jewar airport project
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the Rs 30,000-crore...
Farm Laws Repeal Bill approved by the Cabinet
The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws....
Return of the farm lobby on the political and economic landscape
With the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the three controversial...
Repeal of farm laws: Masterstroke or political compulsion?
The decision announced by the Prime Minister on the morning of November 19 is an...
PM announces repeal of three farm laws; constitutional process at the end of November
In his address to the nation on the occasion of Dev Deepavali and Gurpurab, Prime...
Farmers’ movement: Need to broaden its scope by presenting a national platform
Any social transformation requires socio-economic movements which lead to a change...
Political economy of sugarcane, paddy crucial for 2022 UP polls
While the political firmament is abuzz with pre-poll activities, the farmer leaders,...
Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing
The sequence of events over the last month has been one that has brought the ongoing...
Amid farmers’ agitation, UP to invest Rs 722 crore in agri start-ups
Amid the ongoing farmers’ agitation, the UP govt has planned to invest more than...
Bharat Bandh a complete success, say farmer organizations
Farmer organizations have claimed that the Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukta Kisan...
Political signals of 1989 redux at Jayant Chaudhary’s Rasam Pagdi at Chhaprauli and Muzaffarnagar Kisan Panchayat
The last two weeks have signalled a shift in the farmers’ movement and the politics...
Anil Ghanwat, a member of SC committee on farm laws, writes to CJI to make its report public
Anil Ghanwat, a member of the committee appointed by the SC to find a solution to...
