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Time of India
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
In Punjab, farmers organise peace marches, say no to war
Bathinda: The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday organised peace marches across Punjab. The SKM also warned the central govt about forcing the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) to release more water to leaders said Punjab had no spare water and any conspiracy to "snatch" Punjab's water would be strongly opposed. The SKM will not shy away from holding a struggle against any such move, they the Pahalgam attack, wherein 26 persons were killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists, the SKM said terrorism in any form was condemned, but "war is not a solution", as it causes loss of many innocent lives. The farm leaders urged both India and Pakistan to end the stalemate through raising their voices for peace in the sub-continent, the farmer organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) held peace and goodwill marches in several villages of Bathinda slogans "jung nahi aman (peace, not war)", the BKU activists highlighted the losses that war brings with (Ekta Ugrahan) district Bathinda chief Shingara Singh Mann and women wing coordinator Harinder Kaur Bindu said the people of Punjab were the biggest sufferers in case of any hostilities."We do not want war, even as we strongly condemn terrorism in any shape and the terrorist attack at Pahalgam where 26 innocents were killed," they said, adding that such goodwill marches would continue in the villages.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Farm forum halts land consolidation exercise over ownership dispute in Bathinda village
1 2 Bathinda: Farmer organisation BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) stopped an attempt by the district administration to launch a consolidation exercise to demarcate the entire landholding of Jeond village over ownership dispute on (Ekta-Ugrahan) leaders Jhanda Singh Jethuike and Shingara Singh Mann said that the district administration came prepared with police force and drones. They started the exercise, but when opposed, the officials stopped work and returned with the assurance that a meeting would be arranged with the Bathinda deputy commissioner on conflict between original owners (landlords) and 'mujaras' (tillers) concerns nearly 2,151 acres of land. While the landlords want a one-third share under the 'Ala Malik Adna Malik' Act prevalent in the early 1950s amounting to 717 acres, the tillers argue they have been tilling the land for the last 107 years and will not relinquish any part of farmer organisation supported the cultivators and decided to proceed along the lines of the Pepsu Mujara Lehar (movement for obtaining ownership rights for tenants) of the original owners approached the Punjab and Haryana high court. A bench, in its order on April 24, 2023, directed the authorities to complete the consolidation within six weeks. When it was not done, the petitioners filed a contempt of court petition on Dec 15, 2023. The court, in its order on Jan 8, 2025, directed the authorities to prepare and complete the revenue records, followed by the initiation of consolidation proceedings by Jan 30, 2025. It also directed that the secretary, department of revenue, Punjab, join the proceedings via video-conferencing on the fixed date. If unable to provide a justifiable explanation, an amount up to Rs1 lakh would be ordered to be paid from his/her own pocket as litigation cost to the petitioner for delaying the proceedings in the contempt petition, the court said. When the administration went for consolidation demarcation on Jan 20, 2025, the farmers opposed it, leading to a administration then prepared to conduct demarcation through drones to prepare 'murabbas' (a part of land measuring 25 acres) and further demarcate up to 1 acre or even less if there are more shareholders in the specified measurement of 120995260 413 |MSID:: 120995260 413 |
