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...

Today was the last day in the Bihar leg of our Kisan Swaraj Yatra. The day was also important for every one else in the... Read More

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: Leave for Varanasi

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...

10 am: Farmers’ meeting at Chakia Highway Service Petrol Pump, East Champaran; 12 noon: Meeting at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Madhopur, West Champaran; 3.30 pm: Homage... Read More

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...

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; 5.00pm: Rally from... Read More

13th state, 51st day of the Yatra was marked by our entry into Jharkhand. It was another early start for the yatris where we all woke up before 4 am and left soon after, from “Basudha”. Everyone knew that it was going to be a long day ahead, since we were to leave for Patna, after the Ranchi programme. Some 700 kms in one single day to reach Patna in the early hours of November 22nd, at 2.20 am. We were witness to beautiful scenery and got to see the largest rainfed-paddy-growing state in India! More...