Anganwari workers protest farm laws, to join Delhi stir
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Anganwari workers protest farm laws, to join Delhi stir
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Majithia meets deceased farmer’s family in AmritsarAmritsar: Former minister and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday commiserated with the kin of Mangal Singh who lost life during the ongoing farmers’ agitation, at Roopawali Khurd village in Majithia constituency. SGPC general secretary Bhagwant Singh Sialka, who was also present on the occasion, gave a financial aid of Rs1 lakh to the affected family. Urging the central government to leave aside ego and concede to farmers’ demands, Majithia said about 60 lives had been lost in the protest. TNSFarm labourers at Singhu border to back protesterschandigarh: Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union (PKMU), a large contingent of agricultural labourers have reached the Delhi border in a cavalcade of about 50 buses, trucks and other vehicles. Lachhman Singh, general secretary, PKMU, said the agricultural laws passed by the Centre would not only destroy the peasantry, but also prove detrimental to the agricultural labourers. He said these laws, when implemented, would prove to be a death knell for the PDS, as the government would eventually withdraw the procurement process. TNS
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The Tribune
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2021-01-09