Victory March: Farmers return back to their home states after year-long protest
The farmers celebrated the repeal of three contentious farm laws and the Centre's written assurance to fulfil their other demands and took out a 'Victory March.'
Farmers who have been protesting for more than a year at various borders of Delhi started heading back to their home states on Saturday morning, taking with them a victory to cherish and memories of a successful siege.(ANI)
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The farmers lifted blockades on highways at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders and took out a 'Victory March' on December 11.(ANI)
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Indian farmers dismantle temporary structures used during protests in Ghazipur, outskirts of New Delhi.(AP)
Thousands of Indian farmers suspended their year-long protest on December 9 after the centre withdrew the contentious farm laws and set up a committee to consider their other demands, including guaranteed prices for key crops and the withdrawal of criminal cases against the protesters. (AP)
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"Singhu border had become our home for the last one year. This movement united us (farmers) all as we fought together against the black farm laws irrespective of caste, creed and religion. This is a historic moment and the victorious result of the movement is even bigger," Kuljeet Singh Aulakh, a farmer from Moga in Punjab was quoted by saying news agency PTI.(AP)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
