Protests against farm laws: full coverage

Marching to the historic Ramlila Maidan in Delhi were thousands of farmers and workers attending the Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat, held on March 14, 2024. They demanded that the union government fulfil its many promises to make farming incomes both sustainable and equitable for all cultivators, especially women

On March 14, 2024 , thousands of farmers and farm workers gathered in Delhi’s Ramlila grounds for a mahapanchayat. The peaceful rally was a reminder to the government of their promises made at the last protest held three years ago, and still not fulfilled

Across Punjab, farmers are at the protest site on the Shambhu border with Haryana asking to be heard

Farmers are questioning the attack they are facing from the Haryana police while still in Punjab. Several protestors have been gravely injured, including Davinder Singh, who is likely to lose vision in his left eye

The peaceful and unarmed farmers marching to Delhi were met with barricades, tear gas, pellets, and water cannons at the Shambhu border in Haryana

The farmers' tractor parade on Republic Day of 2021 marked a peaceful protest in defence of the Constitution and citizens’ rights. This film honours their long struggle to get the farm laws repealed

Devastated and sad, the families of farmers who died protesting against the farm laws of 2020 are also angry. A few speak to PARI about the grief and injustice of losing their loved ones to the cause

On December 11, at the Tikri protest site, farmers dismantled tents, packed belongings and set out to return to their villages – joyful, victorious, sad to leave their 'homes' here, determined to keep up the struggle

A poet’s powerful tribute to farmers, diverse and united in their spectacular struggle against the three unjust farm laws imposed on them that the state was compelled to repeal

For months, they offered service at Singhu and Tikri to support the farm protests. Now, Mohini Kaur and Sakshi Pannu are rejoicing with the farmers returning home in triumph from Delhi’s borders

An ocean of farmers marked the milestone anniversary of their protest at Singhu, spoke of the repeal of the farms laws, recalled the tears and triumph of the year gone by, and of the struggle still to come

At the farmers’ protest site in Tikri in West Delhi, many are cautious about the news of the repeal of the farm laws – and speak of the price they have paid, and the long, difficult road ahead

The repeal of the three farm laws came about not because the PM failed to ‘persuade’ some farmers, but because many farmers stood resolute, even as a craven media devalued their struggle and strength

Farmers in Punjab say the vast and accessible network of mandis across the state offers them security, along with MSP and other reliable processes – and they fear these will be dismantled by the new farm laws

It was an inspiring and emotional moment when, on the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, eight pots of soil from the villages of martyrs in Punjab reached the protesting farmers at Singhu

The collective of farmers and unions protesting against the three farm laws at the borders of Delhi arranged meetings in West Bengal in mid-March. This is a report from the gathering at Singur in Hooghly district

Farmers from Uttarakhand and northwest UP – several of whom have taken part in the farm protests – say that the state-run mandis, though flawed, are essential for their survival

At Mumbai's Azad Maidan, at a farmers' protest in late January, dhumsi and tarpa players from Adivasi communities in Maharashtra's Dahanu taluka opposed the new farm laws through song and dance

Despite a loss of income since the protests began, many small traders, shopkeepers, workers and vendors at and around Singhu on the Haryana-Delhi border stand in resolute solidarity with the farmers

Sonia Petwar, Shanti Devi and other women in Haryana’s Petwar village have been supporting the farmers' agitation in their own way – by sending rations to Tikri and even attending the protests

Narayan Gaikwad was at Azad Maidan in January with a fractured arm, speaking to farmers and protesting against the new farm laws. The farmer from Kolhapur has attended many rallies on farm issues across India

Arunabai and Shashikala – both widows from Adivasi communities, and farmers and farm labourers in Aurangabad district – came to Mumbai to protest against the new farm laws and demand their land titles

A shortage of PDS rations, hoarding, rising food prices – Maharashtra's farmers, who were at the protest at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, are worried about these and other possible long-term effects of the farm laws

Adivasi farmers Anusaya Kumare and Sarajabai Ade have been protesting since January for their land rights in Maharashtra's Sarkhani village; they joined the Mumbai sit-in to oppose the three new farm laws

With attempts to disperse the protesting farmers at Delhi’s gates failing, theories abound of international conspiracies that justify local repression. Will these acquire extra-terrestrial dimensions next?

Farmers from north Karnataka arrived by trains and buses in Bengaluru on Republic Day, to support the Delhi tractor parade and reiterate their resistance to corporate-centred farm policies

Women farmers and farm workers who have been fighting for their land rights, were protesting in Mumbai against the new farm laws so they don't lose out more from the sale of farm produce below the MSP

On January 26, the capital and surrounding areas witnessed both: a huge citizens’ celebratory parade and a tragic, vicious charade. Rumours played a role in the chaos around Red Fort and the ITO junction

On January 18, Mahila Kisan Diwas, women farmers and farm labourers from the villages of West Bengal came to Kolkata to protest against the new farm laws and to voice several other concerns

To help 10-year-old Nutan learn about Adivasi farmers' concerns at a young age, her grandmother Jijabai brought her along on the march from Nashik to Mumbai, protesting against the new farm laws

The vandalism of a small group that was never part of the 32 unions leading the protests on Delhi’s borders drew focus away from an unprecedented, peaceful and disciplined citizen’s Republic Day parade

The new farms laws impact farmers all over India, say farmers from across Karnataka. Many of them joined the tractor rally in Bengaluru on Republic Day to support the farmers' parade in Delhi

The convoy of farmers' tractors from Tikri was moving peacefully when a small group broke away, creating chaos at Nangloi chowk and disrupting an unprecedented and disciplined citizen’s Republic Day parade

Tens of thousands of farmers from all over Maharashtra were at Azad Maidan this week in a sit-in organised by the Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha, to support the Delhi protests against the three new farm laws

Despite land rights being the main concern for Bhima Tandale, Suman Bombale and Lakshmi Gaikwad – Adivasi farm widows from Nashik – they are in Mumbai to support the protest against the new farm laws

Farmers at and around the Delhi protest sites have been readying their tractors with paint, garlands and balloons for the unprecedented Republic Day parade

Farm workers like Vijaybai Gangorde and Tarabai Jadhav, from Nashik district, borrowed money to join the thousands of farmers coming to Mumbai to express solidarity with the Republic Day protest rallies in Delhi

Ramesh Kumar cycled from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur to the farmers’ protest site in Singhu to participate in the Republic Day farmers’ parade on January 26

Unmindful of the dust, dirt and occasional rain, Jaswinder Singh Saini and Prakash Kaur, a couple from Delhi, perform sewa at Singhu – cleaning the dirty, muddied shoes of the farmers

Tens of thousands of tractors are lining up at the Tikri border in time for the tractor rally on January 26. Women farmers will be leading, and all the details are being carefully worked out

Sarbjeet Kaur drove her tractor for more than 400 kilometres from her village in Punjab to the Singhu farmers’ protest site, and is now ready to participate in the tractor rally on January 26

Cheeku Dhanda, a young farmer in Haryana’s Kandrauli village, has driven to Singhu five times to participate in the farm protests. He is going again, this time to join the tractor rally on January 26

A highly distinguished former Naval Chief, who has himself been practising farming for a long time, expresses solidarity with the farmers in Delhi and across the country protesting against the farm laws

At Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, UP migrant Ram Mohan is among the labourers – many in their families back home are farmers – pitching tents for the thousands coming from Nashik to protest against the farm laws

From a 'turban langar' to tailors, trucks fitted with charging ports and mirrors, free laundry, massages, shoe-repairs – a very wide range of non-farmers are at Singhu too, offering solidarity through such services

At the Tikri protest site in west Delhi, 70-year-old Taravanti Kaur is one of the many Dalit farm labourers from Punjab who believe that the centre's new laws will push them further into poverty

On January 13, protesting farmers at the Singhu border celebrated the Lohri festival, popular in Punjab and other parts of north India, by torching the three unpopular farm laws

Women are central to agriculture in India, and many – farmers as well as non-farmers, young and old, across class and caste lines – are present and resolute at the farmers' protest sites around Delhi

Resham and Beant Kaur, who are among the protestors at Delhi's borders, emphasise that the farm laws will impact the livelihoods and food security of innumerable households of farm labourers, like their own family

An art teacher from Ludhiana has painted a huge canvas at Singhu as his contribution to the farmers’ protest

At Shahjahanpur, solidarity cuts across agrarian class lines, and Maharashtra's Adivasi farmers – many with small tracts of land – were moved by the abundance and generosity of their northern counterparts

With their protest on for weeks, farmers on the Haryana-Delhi border can’t neglect their crops and land, so they have devised a relay – while some return briefly to their villages, others take their place at Singhu

Farmers like Mathura Barde and Narayan Gaikwad from Maharashtra left their fields and gave up their wages to travel five days and express solidarity with their northern counterparts in Shahjahanpur

The day he arrived at Singhu from his village in Punjab, on November 27, 70-year-old Sardar Santokh Singh was hit by a tear gas shell – despite the injury, he remains steadfast at the protest site

A farmer at the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu explains why he is against the farm laws – and why he is walking around the protest site in shackles weighing five kilos

Punjab's Gurudeep Singh and Rajasthan's Bilawal Singh run langars at the Shahjahanpur protest site, and say this government is used to dealing with hungry protestors so they are ensuring everyone here is well-fed

Savita Gunjal, a 16-year-old Bhil Adivasi farm labourer and singer-composer from Nashik district, kept everyone’s spirits and resolve high on the jatha to Delhi by Maharashtra farmers with her wonderful songs

One of the youngest protestors at the Rajasthan-Haryana border pitches in to help his family prepare aloo mutter for a hundred people

Among the lakhs of peasant protestors at the gates of Delhi is a handful of truly unique men – armed forces veterans who have between them won over 50 medals in different wars they have fought for India

Around 1,000 farmers from various districts of Maharashtra, many of them Adivasis, are trying to join the protestors in Delhi – in vans, tempos, jeeps and cars. It is a colourful and determined caravan

Mangal Ghadge and Mirabai Lange of Nashik district have forged a friendship while participating in farmers' protests over the years – and they were also together at the vehicle march this week from Nashik to Delhi

The protest by farmers and their many supporters at Delhi’s gates this past month is giving rise to some incredible poetry and songs. This though is surely one of the very best protest songs in years

Despite a bad leg, fisherman Prakash Bhagat is cooking for the people from his village, Pargaon, at the ongoing vehicle morcha from Nashik to Delhi to support those protesting against the farm bills

Women are central to agriculture in India, but are rarely recognised as farmers – many of them came together in Pune last week supporting the call to scrap the new farm laws and voiced other demands

At the farmers' protest sites in Singhu and Burari, at the end of each day, protestors staying in makeshift camps prepare for the long night and fight ahead in a spirit of camaraderie and renewed resolve

The farmers’ protest at Singhu has drawn many families living on nearby pavements and in slum colonies, who mainly come for the langar – free meals – and these community kitchens welcome everyone

Many of the farmers at the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu have come from hundreds of kilometres away, braving great difficulties. Among them is Harjeet Singh, who travelled with a broken hip and an injured spine

The new farm laws disable the right to legal recourse of all citizens, not just farmers – to an extent unseen since the 1975-77 Emergency. The farmers at Delhi’s gates are fighting for the rights of us all

At the Delhi-Haryana protests, the farmers' demands include a repeal of the three new farm laws – and they are determined to confront barbed wire, barricades, their own losses, humiliation and more to be heard

On November 26, farmers from Adivasi communities gathered for a rasta roka in Maharashtra's Palghar district, in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Haryana-Delhi, and with their own 21-demand charter