Farm Law Protests

In Punjab's Hoshiarpur District, a group of protesting farmers over the new farms laws on November 7 forced five cinema halls to stop the screening of Akshay Kumar's film ''Sooryavanshi''. Farmers tore posters of the film and the reason behind this act was given that Akshay Kumar didn't support the farmers in the protest. Moreover, the protesters added that they won't allow screening until the laws are repealed.

To motivate citizens and especially youth for forthcoming farmers’ protest on March 23, the Ghazipur border protest committee on March 15 launched slogan printed T-shirts. The T-shirts read, "Zinda hai to Dilli aaja, sangharsho mein shamil ho" (Come to Delhi if you're alive, participate in the struggle). Starting with 1000 t-shirts bearing slogan by poet Balli Singh Cheema, the committee will print and deliver around one lakh similar T-shirts… read-more

Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, a network of NGOs, in a survey has revealed that nearly 60% farm protestors resort to open defecation. Citing inadequate facilities including insufficient toilets, lighting facilities, solid waste disposal and shortage of warm clothes, the study found that only one in 10 protestors used mobile toilets. Moreover, while only protestors at Ghazipur site adequately used the toilets, others said either they were filthy,… read-more

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has ordered retraction of 'Attempt to Murder' charge against farm laws protesters on January 6. CM Singh also issued the transfer orders of the Hoshiyarpur SHO, who filed the 'attempt to murder' charge on protestors. Reportedly, the protestors had unloaded a trolley full of cow dung in front of former minister Tikshan Sud's residency. The case is currently being probed by a Special Investigative Team (SIT).

The ongoing farmer law protests have gained the support from Tamil Nadu Opposition party Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), as its leaders had undergone a one-day hunger strike on December 18 in Chennai. Condemning government's move to call the protesting farmers anti-national, DMK Chief MK Stalin said, "We stand in support of the farmers." Reportedly, the allies of DMK had also joined the protest, which was held without police's permission.