Very few vehicles are seen driving along streets during a nationwide general strike called by farmers to protest against the recent agricultural reforms in Mumbai. The strike will run from 11am to 3pm. Vijay Talra, vice president of the association said there would be no apple trade on Tuesday. However, he added that traders have not asked farmers to stop sending apples since trucks take days to reach Mandi from Kashmir. Abhay Singh Chautala said his party had announced its support to the protesting farmers the day the agitation started, adding that "each and every worker of the Indian National Lok Dal INLD will fight this battle shoulder-to-shoulder to strengthen this movement so that the Centre is forced to abolish the three black laws imposed on the peasants".
The protesting Kisan unions have announced to observe Bharat Bandh on December 8 against the centre's new agricultural laws. The Kisan unions will observe all-India strike from 11 am to 3 pm on Tuesday. Farmers' protest: 'Bharat Bandh' from 11 am to 3 pm on December 08; Centre issues advisory to States.
The agitating farmers have called 'Bharat bandh' on December 8 and threatened to intensify their agitation and block more roads leading to the national capital if the government did not accept their demands. In a countrywide advisory, the Union Home Ministry also said the state governments and UT administrations must ensure that the COVID guidelines issued with regard to health and social distancing are strictly followed.
Farmers are staging a protest at the borders of the capital city against Modi government's three new farm laws. They fear that the MSP system is in peril in the wake of the new legislations, and that corporates could end up controlling the fate of farmers in times to come.
A policeman stands in front of poster wielding protesters blocking a highway during a nationwide general strike called by farmers to protest against the recent agricultural reforms in Mumbai.
All fellow citizens know that today is Bharat Bandh. Make our food growers' struggle successful by fully supporting it," he said in a tweet in Hindi.
In a recorded message, Anna Hazare appreciated farmers' protests at the borders of Delhi saying no violence has taken place in the last 10 days of the agitation. The agitating farmers, who have been camping at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur border for the last 10 days on Tuesday morning once again blocked the national highway that connects Delhi with Meerut via Ghaziabad.
The nationwide strike has been called by the farmer unions who have been protesting the three farm laws enacted in the monsoon session of Parliament. The strike call given by farmer organisations has received wide ranging support from political parties including Congress. Farmer leaders also welcomed the support of political parties to the nationwide strike against the laws and demanded that the legislations be repealed.
The BSP is among several political parties, including the Congress and the AAP, that are supporting the nationwide strike called by farmers. Protestors deviated from the route they were supposed to take for a demonstration in Datta Nagar area and tried to block the road, an official from the Jail Road police station said. Here's all you need to know about the Bharat bandh call by farmers' unions on December 8. Bharat Bandh on December How will it affect your life?
Patrolling and nakabandis will be intensified on Tuesday during the bandh," the DCP said. Let's see, what action the Centre takes on my demands. They have sought time for a month, so I have given them time till January-end.
If my demands are not met, I will resume my huger strike protest. This would be my last protest," the year-old said. The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said the 'Bharat Bandh' observed by farmers' organisations against the Centre's new agri laws was a befitting reply to the "state-sponsored anarchy". It is an independent union of agricultural labourers, sharecroppers, marginal farmers and plantation workers. This will show true support to the farmers.
This is not a political bandh though several parties have decided to take part in it," Raut said. In such scenario, the role of the government should be that of a mother who should try to hear their concerns," said Shetti. Speaking on the on-going farmers' protest against new farm laws, Congress party has decided to support the Bharat Bandh on December 08, informed party's National Spokesperson Pawan Khera in Delhi on December He said, "Congress has decided to support the Bharat Bandh on December 8.
We will be demonstrating the same at our party offices. It will be a step strengthening Rahul Gandhi's support to the farmers. We will ensure that the demonstration is successful. Even as farmer leaders boarded buses on Singhu border to leave for Vigyan Bhavan here to hold talks with the Centre on Saturday afternoon, they asserted that it would be the final round of parleys and warned of intensifying their agitation if no results were forthcoming.
The protesting farmers on the outskirts of Delhi on Friday threatened to observe Bharat Bandh against the centre's new agricultural laws. They have threatened to block all the entry points at Delhi borders and occupy all the highway gates and prevent the government to collect toll as part of their all-India strike.
Farmers protest: Kisan unions call for Bharat Bandh on December 8. After the successful Bharat Bandh on 8th December called by the Farmers jointly, the Central Government cannot call this a 'Punjab question' any more," a statement by joint forum said. Some Opposition leaders were arrested while some others alleged police restricted their movements. In Bengaluru, groups of farmers took out a march in the central business district, which disrupted vehicle movement, even as incessant rains added to traffic snarls.
Public transport, nationalised banks and restaurants functioned as usual. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, meanwhile, took out separate demonstrations in several parts of Karnataka. Non-BJP ruled Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh made sure that the bandh was successful with closure of major markets and mandis. However, in BJP-ruled states, the general strike was limited to pockets. The bandh was a success in NDA administered Bihar. Singh asked why the Centre could not heed the demands of the farmers, agitating across the country, to scrap these laws and hold fresh talks with all stakeholders.
In the neighbouring UT, ruled by the Congress, the bandh call evoked a near total response with buses, taxis and autos staying off the roads and traders, and other commercial establishments downing shutters to support the shutdown and all the outlets reopened in the evening.
We will demand just 'yes' or 'no' from Home Minister Amit Shah at today's meeting," farmer leader Rudru Singh Mansa said at a press conference at the Singhu border. Manish Sisodia is holding a sit-in protest outside the Delhi Chief Minister's residence alleging that Kejriwal has been put under house arrest.
The Delhi Police, on the other hand, has refuted the claims and said there is no restriction on his movements. Police said that there were no major fresh protests in the city except in some Delhi border points, but traffic diversions were made on some routes as a precautionary measure. But we have enough stacked up for another months. We have come prepared for a long haul," Gurjaint Singh from Panipat said. Nifty 17, Honeywell 45, Market Watch.
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Left activists blocked roads and railway tracks across West Bengal on Monday in support of the Bharat Bandh, while normal life remained largely unaffected in the state.
Rahul Gandhi, whose party has extended full support to the peaceful Bharat Bandh, today reaffirmed his support to protesting farmers seeking withdrawal of three controversial farm laws. Farmer organisations have called a "Bharat Bandh" today as their protest against the new farm laws completes 10 months.
Bharat Bandh: Haryana Police said that elaborate arrangements have been put in place by the civil and police administration in Haryana according to directions of the state government. Traffic jams began easing at the Delhi border on Monday after farmer organisations began relaxing a "Bharat Bandh" called as part of their long protest seeking withdrawal of three farm laws that they allege will hurt them and help private firms.
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