Key Points
- Farmers in Punjab, Haryana, UP and Karnataka staged protests on Friday against the agriculture reforms passed by the Centre.
- Farmers in various locations in Punjab began a 3 day ‘rail roko’ andolan on September 25 which has now been extended till September 29.
- Opposition parties and various celebrities have voiced their support to the farmers’ bodies.
On 25 September, Farmers in various states of India staged protests against three contentious bills recently passed by the government. Farmers have termed the bills “anti-farmer” and have been agitating against the bills in multiple states like Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka and UP. Farmers in Punjab have been protesting at more than 125 sites.
#FarmerProtests https://t.co/r2XfYApTHY
— Narayani Basu (@narayani_basu) September 25, 2020
#FarmersProtests are going on all across India.
What are your news channels showing you?
Spread the word #supportfarmers#farmersprotestchallenge
~ Darshan Mondkar pic.twitter.com/KTpyUado0y
— Soumyadipta Roy সৌম্যদীপ্ত রায় 🇮🇳 (@soumodiptoroyy) September 25, 2020
Punjab | Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continues their 'rail roko' agitation in Amritsar, in protest against the #FarmBills.
The Committee is holding the 'rail roko' agitation from September 24 to 26 against the Bills
(Images : ANI) pic.twitter.com/nOZbl61IDg
— NDTV (@ndtv) September 26, 2020
Scene at NH 58 Mangalore – Haridwar #FarmersProtest against #FarmBills2020 . Photo by Dharmender Malik of BKU. pic.twitter.com/nvCjQrar95
— Kallol Bhattacherjee (@janusmyth) September 25, 2020
Farmers block Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway near Kharar bus stand in Mohali. #FarmBills #BharatBandh #istandwithfarmers #farmersprotests #farmersprotestchallenge pic.twitter.com/umn6RRu3EH
— किसान आंदोलन (@bagh_u) September 25, 2020
#KisanCurfew #FarmersProtest at Lehragagga in Sangrur #FarmBills #FarmBills2020 @thetribunechd @nstomar @SardarVm pic.twitter.com/R2rral1gLS
— Ruchika M. Khanna (@RuchikaMKhanna) September 25, 2020
Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who recently resigned from the Union Cabinet against the protest showed solidarity and protested against the farm bills with her family.
.@OnReality_Check | The Badal family has held a protest in their bastion against the #FarmBill passed by the centre. Sukhbir Singh Badal, President of Shiromani Akali Dal said that he was never called to any NDA meet in the last 3 years. pic.twitter.com/Si2U2i8kg7
— NDTV (@ndtv) September 25, 2020
The farmer communities in UP and Karnataka also came out against the farm bills and staged protests.
#BharatBandh : उत्तर प्रदेश के संभल में आज किसानों का क़ृषि विधेयकों के ख़िलाफ़ विरोध प्रदर्शन जारी #farmersprotest #Farmers #Protest #FarmBills #Farmersbill2020 pic.twitter.com/WOnr4M2td8
— NewsClick (@newsclickin) September 25, 2020
Kisan dadis have emerged. Scene at Shahjahanpur in UP photo from BKU. pic.twitter.com/E8CO9c4yAF
— Kallol Bhattacherjee (@janusmyth) September 25, 2020
Farmer groups protest in Bengaluru ahead of Karnataka bandh on Monday pic.twitter.com/YdnLdwQEgd
— The News Minute (@thenewsminute) September 26, 2020
Celebrities such as Diljit Dosanjh, Ammy Virk and Himanshi Khurana have also extended their support to the farmers’ bodies via Twitter.
GURU NANAK DE KHETAN CHON BARKAT NI JA SAKDI 🙏🏾🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/NiWxgi8ASW
— DILJIT DOSANJH (@diljitdosanjh) September 25, 2020
We all are with our farmers 🙏🏻#KisaanFightsForRight @Khalsa_Aid @BawaRanjit @harbhajanmann pic.twitter.com/C2s3UbZDYB
— Himanshi khurana (@realhimanshi) September 25, 2020
— Ammy Virk (@AmmyVirk) September 25, 2020
Two of the three disputed bills were passed by the government amid strong opposition from farmers. Farmers have alleged that these bills will destroy livelihoods and will end the ‘Mandi’ system that guarantees MSP.
