The people’s movement Ekta Parishad cut short its march of 25,000 landless and tribal people from Gwalior to Delhi last Saturday after the Centre promised to reconstitute the National Taskforce on Land Reforms. The march had been launched on October 2. Read more
Courtesy: The Hindu
Over 50 activists from across the country, who had embarked on a 70-day ‘Respect the Constitution Yatra’ from Dandi on October 2, on Thursday said that the constitutional rights of the people are being trampled upon ever since the BJP government assumed power at the centre. Read more
Courtesy: The New Indian Express
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Thursday decided that it would start final hearing from October 12 on petitions challenging the state government’s notification for land acquisition for the ambitious Bullet train project.
A bench of Chief Justice R S Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi also issued notice to the Centre, the state government and other concerned authorities in response to 30 new petitions filed by farmers from Navsari, Surat and Bharuch districts. They have objected to the land acquisition process and insisted that the land acquisition process should have been initiated according to the provisions of the 2013 central act, and not under the amended law by Gujarat government. Read more
Courtesy: The Times of India
Officials of Japan International Cooperation Agency, which is partially funding the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, have agreed to meet farmers opposing land acquisition, reported PTI. Anand Yagnik, a lawyer representing the protesting farmers, on Wednesday said, “The JICA today formally acknowledged in a written communication that it has received the petition, and stated that soon it will arrange a meeting between JICA officials and farmers.” Read more
Courtesy: Scroll.in
Protesting farmers who had marched from Haridwar to Delhi as part of the Kisan Kranti Padyatra ended their march at the Kisan Ghat in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
Earlier, Delhi Police removed barricades after midnight last night to allow the farmers stopped during the Kisan Kranti Padyatra to enter Delhi and proceed towards Kisan Ghat. Read more
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