Nov 27th program at Lucknow
11.00 am : Protest and demonstration at Shahidi Smaran, Lucknow 2.00 pm : Press conference at Press club, Lucknow 3.00 pm :... Read More
Nov 26th 2010:Farmers meeting at Varanasi,Rally and farmers meeting at Sultanpur
The day started with farmers meeting at the school, in Durain village of Varanasi Disrict, where were staying last night. The pradhan of teh village who is also affectionately called as the masterji convened the meeting. It was also the meeting point of 2 yatras, One by Bharat Kisan Union [BKU] farmers in the region who were travelling from village to village in the 3 districts around Varanasi meeting farmers and the other was ours moving from state to state doing pretty much the same. More...
Nov 26th 2010: Kisan Swaraj Yatra
10.00 am : Meeting with BKU farmers at Dauli village, Varanasi 05.30 pm : Candlelight procession and Public meeting at Sultanpur 09.30... Read More
Nov 25th 2010:Farmers meeting at Kushinagar, Rally and Public meeting at Gorakhpur
Today the yatra entered Uttar Pradesh, the second largest state in the country and one of the state with the largest production of wheat and sugarcane.We entered Uttarpradesh after cutting across the Valmiki Reserve Forest which borders Bihar, Uttar pradesh and Nepal. More...
Nov 24th 2010: Kisan Swaraj Yatra at Champaran, place of Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha
Today was the last day in the Bihar leg of our Kisan Swaraj Yatra. The day was also important for every one... Read More
Nov 25th: Yatra enters Uttar Pradesh
09.00 am: Welcome at Kasiya Chowk, Khushinagar, UP; 11.00 am: Rally in Gorakhpur, followed by public meeting at Subhash Chowk; 03.00 pm:... Read More
Nov 23rd 2010:Rajendra Agriculture University scientists assure the Yatris that their concerns will be kept in mind while planning future work; Farmers of Vidya Jhamp village declare themselves GM-Free; Public meeting at Press Club, Muzaffarpur
The day started with Bihari hospitality – after a sumptuous breakfast, we set off for the first event of the day - a debate with the scientists at Rajendra Agriculture University, Samastipur. This is a special university, which refused to take up a GM maize trial for Monsanto last year. Dr. B.C. Chauwdhary, Director-Research chaired the dialogue between the University scientists and the Yatris. What was supposed to have been a 45-minute interaction got extended to hours of conversation which ended only around 2 pm. More...
November 24th: Champaran, last day in Bihar
10 am: Farmers’ meeting at Chakia Highway Service Petrol Pump, East Champaran; 12 noon: Meeting at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Madhopur, West Champaran;... Read More
November 22nd 2010: Yatra enters Bihar – interacts with farmers, farmer leaders and intellectuals in Patna; Rally, interaction with children and outreach to hundreds of citizens in Musallahpur bazaar
The Yatra entered Bihar today and the 3-day trip in Bihar began with a public meeting at Srikrishna Vigyan Kendra, Patna. The meeting was attended by farmers, farmer leaders with various unions, students from schools and colleges, urban consumers, media representatives and an ex-Minister, ex-MLA and so on and was chaired by the Chairperson of the State Farmers’ Commission, Dr Upendranath Verma (an active person in his 90s), who was also a former Minister for Rural Development. More...
Nov 23rd: Samastipur and Muzaffarpur, Bihar
10.30am – 12.00pm: Dialogue with Rajendra Agricultural Univ, Samastipur; 12.45pm: Meeting with villagers in Vidyajhanp village; 3.30pm: Meeting at Press Club, Muzaffarpur;... Read More