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Bharat Bandh Latest Updates: To press forth their demands, various farm organisations, including the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), called for a full-day All India Strike, also known as ‘Gramin Bharat Bandh’ on Friday. The agitating farmers have requested all like-minded farmers’ organisations to join hands and be a part of the Bharat Bandh, which is called by the central trade unions.
The development comes at a time when the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protests by hundreds of farmers are going on at the Delhi borders for the past one week. As part of the Bharat Bandh, the farmers will join in a widespread chakka jam on major roads across India from 12 PM to 4 PM. Large part of state and national highways would be closed for at least four hours in Punjab and other states.
As part of the precautionary measure, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police has imposed Section 144, including a ban on unauthorised public assemblies, would be enforced across the district in view of Bharat Bandh called by farmers’ unions on Friday.
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Here’s what All India Kisan Congress chairman Sukhpal Singh Khaira says
“Farmers aren’t running away from holding any conversation. They (KMM leaders) were called by the ministers at 1 am, and they all went for it (meeting),” he said.
Bharat Bandh LIve: Shops, Establishments Closed in Punjab, Haryana
Shops and many establishments in Punjab and Haryana are closed, and bus drivers have gone on strike to show solidarity with the farmers.
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Farmer Leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said when asked about the death of a farmer named Gyan Singh, who was a member of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) due to a heart attack, at the Shambhu border on Friday morning.
“Central government is the reason behind this agitation. We have a lot of people here (Shambhu border) participating in the protest including elders. We are facing difficulties in receiving medicines at the right time and even getting food, and resting,” he said.
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Shops closed, no bus service in Punjab’s Moga are due to farmers protest, PTI has reported.
Bharat Bandh: Check What Farmers Say
Farmers’ ‘Gramin Bharat Bandh’: Here’s what Kirti Kisan Union leader Karmjeet Singh said on farmers’ protest. “Our demands include the repeal of four labour codes, to double the days under MNREGA to 200, and to cancel the hit-and-run law. The whole country and Punjab is one and it’s supporting the ‘Bharat Bandh’,” he said.
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“We are not from Pakistan”: Farmer leaders express concern over forces’ actions against protestors
Bharat Bandh Today: Will Banks, Govt Offices Be Closed?
As part of the all-India strike, the transportation, agricultural activities, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) rural works, private offices, village shops, and rural industrial and service sector institutions are expected to remain shut for the day. However, banks and government office are likely to be unaffected by the strike.
Bharat Bandh: Section 144 Imposed in Noida
Ahead of the Bharat Bandh called by the agitating farmers, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police on Thursday imposed restrictions under CrPC Section 144, including a ban on unauthorised public assemblies.
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