Farmers-govt meeting postponed to Jan 20
The meeting between farmer unions and the Central govt scheduled for Jan 19 has been postponed to Jan 20, said Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Farmers' Stir LIVE: Centre, farmer unions meeting postponed to Jan 20
Farmers' Stir
22:42 January 18
21:09 January 18
Youth dies at Tikri border
23-year-old youth dies at Tikri border
A 23-year-old man, protesting against the central farm laws, died due to ill health at the Tikri border.
The deceased has been identified as Parminder who was the resident of Sri Muktsar Sahib in Punjab.
19:02 January 18
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait speaking to media
We will not quarrel, but celebrate Republic Day: Rakesh Tikait
National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait, said that they would take out a parade on Outer Ring Road in the national capital so the police should come and talk to them and remove the roadblocks for the parade.
Tikait said the constitutional institutions or the police cannot stop the citizens of the country from celebrating Republic Day.
"We are not going to the national capital to fight. We will celebrate the R-Day in Delhi, earlier we used to celebrate it in the fields and villages. Now we are here in Delhi so we will celebrate the day here," the BKU spokesperson added.
18:48 January 18
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar speaking to media
Tomar urges farmers not to take out tractor march on Jan 26
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged farmers not to take out the tractor march on the Republic Day.
"We should not create any disturbance on the occasion of Republic Day. We have got the freedom after fighting very hard and we must respect it," he added.
18:45 January 18
Kabaddi competition organised at Ghazipur border
Kabaddi competition organised at Ghazipur border
On the occasion of Farmers Women's Day, a Kabaddi competition was organized at the Ghazipur border today. Women players from five states took part in it.
The purpose of organising this competition was to entertain the farmers and release their mental stress, said an organiser.
15:14 January 18
Tractor march at Chandigarh-Punjab border
Farmers hold tractor march at Chandigarh-Punjab border
Thousands of farmers hold a tractor march at Chandigarh-Punjab border against the three farm laws introduced by the Centre.
15:06 January 18
Anti-national powers backing farmers: BJP MP
BJP Member of Parliament Virendra Singh Mast said that anti-national powers are backing the farmers protesting against the Centre's farm reform laws and their agitation does not represent the entire farming community of the country.
The Ballia MP also accused farmers of not having faith in the judiciary and the executive.
15:05 January 18
Farmers will not be cowed down by NIA notices: Congress
The Congress alleged that probe agencies such as the NIA have become puppets in the hands of the government and are now being used against farmers, who will not be cowed down by their notices.
15:04 January 18
Tomar calls for clause by clause discussion on farm laws
Ahead of the 10th round of talks scheduled on Tuesday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar yet again urged the protesting farm leaders to give up their "stubborn" stand on the new farm reform laws and come for a clause by clause discussion.
14:49 January 18
Farmers' Stir LIVE Updates
Farmers have constitutional right to take out tractor rally: Unions
New Delhi: Protesting union leaders today said that farmers have a constitutional right to take out their tractor rally peacefully and asserted that thousands of people will participate in the proposed event on January 26.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court said that the Delhi Police is the first authority to decide the entry of protesting farmers into the national capital.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) Punjab general secretary Paramjit Singh said that farmers are not going to hold their rally on Rajpath and in other high-security areas, adding that they would only take out it on the Outer Ring Road in Delhi and that there will be no disruption in the official Republic Day parade.
"We are stuck at the Delhi borders. We have not decided to sit at these borders ourselves, we have been stopped from entering Delhi. We will take out the rally peacefully without disrupting any law and order. We will exercise our constitutional right and we will definitely enter Delhi," Singh told media.
Another farmer leader Lakhbir Singh, who is vice president (Punjab) of All India Kisan Sabha, said that farmers will return to protest sites after taking out the tractor rally on the Outer Ring Road on January 26.
"We will not go to any place where there might be a government gathering, and all our tractors will have a national flag and the flags of our farmer unions," Lakhbir said.
Asked about their stand in case the Delhi Police does not give them permission for the tractor parade, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan said that farmers have constitutional rights to hold the tractor rally peacefully.
"If the Delhi Police has some issues over law and order on Republic Day, they can sit with Sankyukt Kisan Morcha and tell about alternatives routes for the tractor rally. Thereafter, our farmers' committee will decide the same. But, it is very clear that their tractor rally will be taken out in the national capital on January 26," Ugrahan told media.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping at several Delhi borders since November 28, demanding a repeal of farm laws and legal guarantee on minimum support price for their crops.
While hearing a petition, the Supreme Court told the Centre that the proposed tractor rally by farmers on the Republic Day on January 26 is a matter of "law and order" and Delhi Police is the first authority to decide who should be allowed to enter the national capital.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, while hearing the Centre's application seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor or trolley march or any other kind of protest which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations of the Republic Day, said that police has all the authority to deal with the matter.
The tenth round of talks between the government and the protesting farmer unions is scheduled on January 19.
On the same day, the Supreme Court-appointed committee to resolve the impasse will hold its first meeting.
The previous nine rounds of formal talks between the Centre and 41 farmer unions have failed to yield any concrete results to end the long-running protest at Delhi's borders as the latter have stuck to their main demand of a complete repeal of the three acts.
The Supreme Court had on January 11 stayed the implementation of the three laws till further orders and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the impasse.
Bhartiya Kisan Union president Bhupinder Singh Mann, however, recused himself from the committee last week.
(PTI)
22:42 January 18
Farmers-govt meeting postponed to Jan 20
The meeting between farmer unions and the Central govt scheduled for Jan 19 has been postponed to Jan 20, said Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
21:09 January 18
Youth dies at Tikri border
23-year-old youth dies at Tikri border
A 23-year-old man, protesting against the central farm laws, died due to ill health at the Tikri border.
The deceased has been identified as Parminder who was the resident of Sri Muktsar Sahib in Punjab.
19:02 January 18
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait speaking to media
We will not quarrel, but celebrate Republic Day: Rakesh Tikait
National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait, said that they would take out a parade on Outer Ring Road in the national capital so the police should come and talk to them and remove the roadblocks for the parade.
Tikait said the constitutional institutions or the police cannot stop the citizens of the country from celebrating Republic Day.
"We are not going to the national capital to fight. We will celebrate the R-Day in Delhi, earlier we used to celebrate it in the fields and villages. Now we are here in Delhi so we will celebrate the day here," the BKU spokesperson added.
18:48 January 18
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar speaking to media
Tomar urges farmers not to take out tractor march on Jan 26
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged farmers not to take out the tractor march on the Republic Day.
"We should not create any disturbance on the occasion of Republic Day. We have got the freedom after fighting very hard and we must respect it," he added.
18:45 January 18
Kabaddi competition organised at Ghazipur border
Kabaddi competition organised at Ghazipur border
On the occasion of Farmers Women's Day, a Kabaddi competition was organized at the Ghazipur border today. Women players from five states took part in it.
The purpose of organising this competition was to entertain the farmers and release their mental stress, said an organiser.
15:14 January 18
Tractor march at Chandigarh-Punjab border
Farmers hold tractor march at Chandigarh-Punjab border
Thousands of farmers hold a tractor march at Chandigarh-Punjab border against the three farm laws introduced by the Centre.
15:06 January 18
Anti-national powers backing farmers: BJP MP
BJP Member of Parliament Virendra Singh Mast said that anti-national powers are backing the farmers protesting against the Centre's farm reform laws and their agitation does not represent the entire farming community of the country.
The Ballia MP also accused farmers of not having faith in the judiciary and the executive.
15:05 January 18
Farmers will not be cowed down by NIA notices: Congress
The Congress alleged that probe agencies such as the NIA have become puppets in the hands of the government and are now being used against farmers, who will not be cowed down by their notices.
15:04 January 18
Tomar calls for clause by clause discussion on farm laws
Ahead of the 10th round of talks scheduled on Tuesday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar yet again urged the protesting farm leaders to give up their "stubborn" stand on the new farm reform laws and come for a clause by clause discussion.
14:49 January 18
Farmers' Stir LIVE Updates
Farmers have constitutional right to take out tractor rally: Unions
New Delhi: Protesting union leaders today said that farmers have a constitutional right to take out their tractor rally peacefully and asserted that thousands of people will participate in the proposed event on January 26.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court said that the Delhi Police is the first authority to decide the entry of protesting farmers into the national capital.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) Punjab general secretary Paramjit Singh said that farmers are not going to hold their rally on Rajpath and in other high-security areas, adding that they would only take out it on the Outer Ring Road in Delhi and that there will be no disruption in the official Republic Day parade.
"We are stuck at the Delhi borders. We have not decided to sit at these borders ourselves, we have been stopped from entering Delhi. We will take out the rally peacefully without disrupting any law and order. We will exercise our constitutional right and we will definitely enter Delhi," Singh told media.
Another farmer leader Lakhbir Singh, who is vice president (Punjab) of All India Kisan Sabha, said that farmers will return to protest sites after taking out the tractor rally on the Outer Ring Road on January 26.
"We will not go to any place where there might be a government gathering, and all our tractors will have a national flag and the flags of our farmer unions," Lakhbir said.
Asked about their stand in case the Delhi Police does not give them permission for the tractor parade, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan said that farmers have constitutional rights to hold the tractor rally peacefully.
"If the Delhi Police has some issues over law and order on Republic Day, they can sit with Sankyukt Kisan Morcha and tell about alternatives routes for the tractor rally. Thereafter, our farmers' committee will decide the same. But, it is very clear that their tractor rally will be taken out in the national capital on January 26," Ugrahan told media.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping at several Delhi borders since November 28, demanding a repeal of farm laws and legal guarantee on minimum support price for their crops.
While hearing a petition, the Supreme Court told the Centre that the proposed tractor rally by farmers on the Republic Day on January 26 is a matter of "law and order" and Delhi Police is the first authority to decide who should be allowed to enter the national capital.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, while hearing the Centre's application seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor or trolley march or any other kind of protest which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations of the Republic Day, said that police has all the authority to deal with the matter.
The tenth round of talks between the government and the protesting farmer unions is scheduled on January 19.
On the same day, the Supreme Court-appointed committee to resolve the impasse will hold its first meeting.
The previous nine rounds of formal talks between the Centre and 41 farmer unions have failed to yield any concrete results to end the long-running protest at Delhi's borders as the latter have stuck to their main demand of a complete repeal of the three acts.
The Supreme Court had on January 11 stayed the implementation of the three laws till further orders and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the impasse.
Bhartiya Kisan Union president Bhupinder Singh Mann, however, recused himself from the committee last week.
(PTI)
Last Updated :Jan 18, 2021, 10:46 PM IST
