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Mar 18 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
Thread: Protest by Indian Farmers and G20 Meeting

Despite the Punjab government stating that no protests are allowed ahead of the #G20Summit in the state, farmers' unions held a protest to oppose global event in #Amritsar. The farmers' unions claimed that the #G20..,
..the @WorldBank and @IMFNews were "promoting imperialism". The protest march was launched by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) and Punjab Lok Morcha. The protest was held in Daburji area, 12 kilometres from the #G20Summit meeting venue. #Modi #Farmersprotest
#Farmers from Punjab gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest against the Centre and press for their demands, including equal distribution of water and implementation of the Minimum Support Price scheme. The protest, spearheaded by #AllIndiaKisanSabha (AIKS), has a 17-point...
...charter of demands, including remunerative prices for onions, cotton, soyabean, tur, green gram, milk, and hirda. Five farmers' unions from Punjab staged the protest amid heavy police presence. Under the leadership of @BRajewal , president of Bharti Kisan Union (BKU)...
...Rajewal, five unions were present: the BKU Rajewal, the All India Kisan Federation, the Kisan Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, the Bharti Kisan Union Mansa, and the Azad Kisan Sangharash Committee. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a collective of farmers’ unions,... #FarmerProtest
...has also planned a nationwide protest on March 20. Dairy farmers in #TamilNadu Erode poured milk on the road in protest seeking a price rise from Rs 7 per litre of milk procured through govt run Aavin. The farmers have been demanding... #TamilnaduBJP
...Rs 42 per litre for cow milk and Rs 51 per litre for buffalo milk and 50% subsidy for cattle feed.The #Farmersprotest will have a long-term impact on the future of the #farmers and the economy of #India, as the resistance towards...
...the @narendramodi government’s neo-liberal and pro-corporate agenda tend to turn the trajectory of socio-economic structure amid augmented crises. #FarmersStruggleContinues #Farmersprotest #MODIFails

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