Tag: farmers movement
Mounting sugarcane dues issue and the BJP’s complicity
Reading Time: 3 minutes While total sugarcane dues to farmers has reached Rs 229 billion in India, 60% of the amount is due to sugarcane farmers of BJP-ruled UP.
BJP’s promises to West Bengal’s farmers: A hollow paradise
Reading Time: 5 minutes The BJP’s promises to West Bengal’s farmers are quite lucrative and paradise-like but unfortunately, they are all hollow and based on lies.
Striking hard: 12-hour-long Bharat Bandh by SKM receives overwhelming support
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 12-hour-long Bharat Bandh on March 26th called by the farmers’ body SKM against the Modi regime is striking hard the BJP’s domination.
ED raids on Sukhpal Singh Khaira shows BJP’s insecurities as farmers’ movement intensifies
Reading Time: 4 minutes The ED raids on Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira has again exposed the BJP’s deepest insecurities caused by the farmers’ movement against Modi
Aussie senator David Shoebridge calls out “right-wing, intolerant Modi government”
Reading Time: 3 minutes New South Wales State Senator David Shoebridge warns of violence by Hindu nationalists in the Indian Australian community.
Disha Ravi ‘Joseph’ and being a Christian in Hindutva fascism-ruled India
Reading Time: 7 minutes If the arrest of Dish Ravi for sharing a “protest toolkit” wasn’t enough, Hindutva fascists turned her into a Christian now to vilify her.
The need for an effective Opposition to the BJP
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the principal weapons of the BJP is a disarrayed and bankrupt Opposition, which makes it imperative to build a new alternative.
Andolanjivis: The last man standing
Reading Time: 7 minutes Modi used the terms Andolanjivi and Parajibi in galore during a speech to demean the role of people’s movements against autrocracy,
Modi’s “Andolan jivi” remark shows his growing frustration with farmers’ protest
Reading Time: 6 minutes Narendra Modi’s “Andolan jivi” remark has won him criticism and condemnation. But it also shows how frustrated and scared his regime is now.
Beyond Rihanna’s tweet on farmers’ movement and Indian celebs’ Modi worship
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pop star Rihanna’s tweet on farmers’ movement stirred up a hornet’s nest in India as the Modi regime deployed its celebrity pawns for defence.
SVAMITVA scheme: A debt trap for farmers that can’t be ignored
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is little discussion on the SVAMITVA scheme under which the farmers will be entrapped in debt and corporates are going to profiteer.
When fascism comes to visit you
Reading Time: 6 minutes Is India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, still a democracy or has crossed the Rubicon and has become a full-fledged fascist state? If the developments over the last six years […]
Modi’s Mann Ki Baat shows government’s indifference towards farmers
Reading Time: 3 minutes By peddling lies regarding the farmers’ movement in his radio show “Mann Ki Baat”, Modi showed that he wants confrontation not solution.
Clash at Singhu Border repeats BJP’s 2020 violence template
Reading Time: 3 minutes A feral gang of 200 goons, armed with rods, sharp weapons and petrol bombs attacked the farmers protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-corporate farm laws at Delhi’s Singhu border on […]
Ghazipur border is a game-changer in the farmers’ movement
Reading Time: 4 minutes Rakesh Tikait’s emotional outburst in Ghazipur border caused a major setback to Modi’s obnoxious game plan regarding farmers’ outburst
The legacy of the tractor rally on Republic Day can’t be diminished using the “violence” bogey
Reading Time: 5 minutes The legacy of the farmers’ heroic tractor rally on Republic Day can’t be diminished and vilified by the rulers using the violence bogey.
Nishan Sahib—the Khalsa flag—over India’s Red Fort on Republic Day
Reading Time: 3 minutes On India’s 71st Republic Day—which commemorates the adoption of the country’s constitution—Indian farmers, with Sikhs from the state of Punjab leading the charge, entered New Delhi as they continued their […]
Farmers’ Republic Day tractor march creates a new history
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Republic Day tractor march by farmers has occupied Delhi and created an unprecedented optics, pushing the Modi regime to retreat.
Why should farmers protest farm laws all over India now? BKU leader explains
Reading Time: 4 minutes Bharatiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) Punjab president Surjeet Singh Phul explained why should farmers protest farm laws all over India now?
Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom
Reading Time: 3 minutes The row over Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani Group continues as a Gujarat court issued an arrest warrant against him recently.