The BJP Government’s Goebbelsian Campaign Against the Farmers’ Agitation
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The BJP Government’s Goebbelsian Campaign Against the Farmers’ Agitation

ByVenkitesh Ramakrishnan

The fighting spirit of the farmers has kept the agitation alive through the past two months. The farmers on the ground at the Delhi siege and those supporting them from the villages assert that this will see their struggle through all the machinations of the propagators of the “Big Lie”.

In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws in Favour of Industry Over Farmers
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In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws in Favour of Industry Over Farmers

ByFlavia Lopes and Mridula Chari

The draft National Land Reforms Policy recommended that states reduce land ceilings and distribute surplus agricultural land to the landless poor. However, several states have amended their land ceiling laws in favour of industry, six in the last three years alone.

Farmers Are Still Focused on the Real Issues. We Shouldn’t Be Distracted Either.
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Farmers Are Still Focused on the Real Issues. We Shouldn’t Be Distracted Either.

ByApoorvanand

A months-long agitation cannot be not delegitimised on the basis of one day. You need to have the clarity of Gandhi, the eternal resister to injustice, to refuse to give up the idea of civil resistance if a section of the resisters fails to fully restrain itself.