Key Points
As the G-20 meet on education began in Amritsar on Wednesday (March 15),farmer unions, farm labourers union, and teacher unions staged protests against the event..
On Tuesday, the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) had organised protests at 105 places in 16 districts of Punjab against the meet, while on Wednesday, a protest rally was held on the outskirts of Amritsar by different unions...
Representatives of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Ugrahan, Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union(PKMU), Naujawan Bharat Sabha, and Punjab Students Union gathered from different parts of the state for the protest on Wednesday...
Shingara Singh Mann, senior vice president of BKU Ugrahan, added, Treaties done earlier have already harmed our small industry and agriculture sector, and by and large benefit corporates..
Why are farm labourers protesting?. PunjabKhet Mazdoor Union president Zora Singh Nasrali said, Over the years, rights of labourers are being snatched away now policies like hire and fire are available in the private sector..
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