New Delhi: Farmer organisations have called a "Bharat Bandh" today as their protest against the new farm laws completes 10 months. The farmers have been pressing for a constitutional guarantee on MSP or the minimum support price. They have alleged that the new laws will allow the private firms to take over the agriculture sector.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers' agitation, has appealed to the people to join the bandh.
The body has also asked political parties to "stand with farmers in their quest to defend principles of democracy and federalism".
Several politicians have expressed support for the protesting farmers, including Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and Rahul Gandhi.
Here are the Highlights on Bharat Bandh today:
Sep 27, 2021 16:11 (IST)
Bharat Bandh: Regular Traffic On Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Roads
Regular traffic has resumed on the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal road and the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal road
Sep 27, 2021 16:06 (IST)
Bharat Bandh: Farmers Open Up Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Farmers, protesting against Centre's farm laws, have opened the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
Sep 27, 2021 16:05 (IST)
Bharat Bandh: Farmer Block Delhi-Chandigarh Rail Track At Sonipat
Farmers are sitting on the Delhi-Chandigarh railway track at the Sonipat railway station since this morning, blocking over a dozen trains.
Sep 27, 2021 14:21 (IST)
Bharat Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Talks With Farmers Should Be Unconditional, Says Congress' Bhupinder Singh Hooda
As farmers have called for a Bharat Bandh to mark one year of three farm laws, former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the government should talk to the protesting farmers without putting any prior condition. Speaking to ANI, Mr Hooda said, "All the Opposition parties, including Congress, are supporting farmers call for Bharat Bandh. We are supporting the farmers'' demand to repeal three farm laws."
Sep 27, 2021 14:13 (IST)
Bharat Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Train Operations In Delhi, Ambala, Firozepur Affected
The train operations in the national capital and the nearby areas have been affected as hundreds of farmers on Monday has gathered at the railway tracks in the wake of a 10-hour Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). According to the Northern Railway, the rail operations in Delhi, Ambala and Firozepur divisions were impacted by people sitting on tracks.
Sep 27, 2021 13:19 (IST)
Bharat Bandh Today LIVE Updates: RJD, Congress Workers Block highways, Rail In Bihar
Highways, roads and railway tracks were blocked in several places across Bihar on Monday as Bharat Bandh evoked a mixed response in the state. RJD and Congress workers blocked roads in Patna, Bhojpur, Lakhisarai, Jahanabad, East Champaran, Begusarai, Madhepura and Nalanda districts, affecting the movement of the traffic.
Sep 27, 2021 12:49 (IST)
Bharat Bandh Today LIVE Updates: 25 Trains Affected Due To Bharat Bandh, Says Railways
About 25 trains have been affected due to the Bharat Bandh called by farm unions on Monday, officials said. These include Delhi-Amritsar Shan-e-Punjab, New Delhi-Moga Express, Old Delhi-Payhajot Express, Vande Bharat Express from New Delhi to Katra, and Amritsar Shatabdi.
Sep 27, 2021 12:43 (IST)
Bharat Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Markets Shut, Pubic Transport Off The Roads In Odisha
Markets were shut and public transport stayed off the roads as the Bharat Bandh hit normal life in Odisha on Monday. Supporters of the shutdown, including members of Congress and the Left parties, picketed at important junctions across the state amid rains, demanding repeal of the three farm laws. Roads were blocked at different places in Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Rayagada and Subarnapur, among others.
Sep 27, 2021 12:38 (IST)
Bharat Bandh Today LIVE Updates: Farmer Bodies Stage Protests In Tamil Nadu
In solidarity with the nationwide strike demanding repeal of Centre's farm laws, farmer bodies and Left parties on Monday staged protests in several parts of Tamil Nadu. In a protest held, State Secretaries of the CPI and CPI(M), R Mutharasan and K Balakrishnan respectively, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi chief Thol Thirumavalavan and functionaries of the ruling DMK affiliated Labour Progressive Federation participated.
