{"id":12529,"date":"2024-03-10T11:15:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T11:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=12529"},"modified":"2024-03-10T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T11:15:32","slug":"rail-roko-protest-farmers-squat-on-rail-tracks-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/rail-roko-protest-farmers-squat-on-rail-tracks-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rail Roko\u2019 Protest | Farmers Squat On Rail Tracks In Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, Mar 10: Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks at many places in Punjab as part of a \u2018rail roko\u2019 protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP).<br \/>\nFarmers raised slogans against the Centre for not accepting their demands.<br \/>\nBecause of the disruption of train services, passengers will experience inconvenience. The protest will be held from 12 noon till 4 pm.<br \/>\nIn Punjab, farmers had announced that they would sit on railway tracks at 52 locations in 22 districts, including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Tarn Taran, Hoshiarpur, Firozpur, Fazilka, Sangrur, Mansa, Moga and Bathinda.<br \/>\nFarmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher asked people to join the protest in large numbers.<br \/>\nBharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), BKU (Dakaunda-Dhaner) and Krantikari Kisan Union, farmer bodies which are part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, are also participating in the \u2018rail roko\u2019 agitation.<br \/>\nThe SKM, which had spearheaded the farmers\u2019 2020-21 agitation, is not part of the \u2018Delhi Chalo\u2019 protest but has extended its support to the ongoing farmers\u2019 agitation at Shambhu and Khanauri points on the Punjab-Haryana border.<br \/>\nThe SKM (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mukti Morcha are spearheading the \u2018Delhi Chalo\u2019 march to press the government to accept their demands.<br \/>\nBesides a legal guarantee of MSP, the farmers are demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission\u2019s recommendations, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases and \u201cjustice\u201d for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 and compensation to the families of the farmers who died during a previous agitation in 2020-21.<br \/>\nThe protesting farmers from Punjab have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points since February 13, when security forces stopped them from marching towards Delhi.<br \/>\nThe farmer leaders have rejected the Centre\u2019s proposal for procurement of pulses, maize and cotton at the MSP by government agencies for five years, saying it was not in farmers\u2019 favour<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12530\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12530\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-10-at-4.43.16-PM-300x227.png\" alt=\"\u2018Rail Roko\u2019 Protest | Farmers Squat On Rail Tracks In Punjab\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Rail Roko\u2019 Protest | Farmers Squat On Rail Tracks In Punjab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, Mar 10: Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks at many places in Punjab as part of a \u2018rail roko\u2019 protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP). 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