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On 27 September, farmer unions called a Bharat Bandh. The bandh had limited nation-wide impact. [217] A protest on 3 October 2021 in Lakhimpur Kheri resulted in a number of deaths. [218] In November 2021, farmers stopped the screening of a movie in five cinema halls in Hoshiarpur, disgruntled that Akshay Kumar had not come out in support. [219]
This camp was caused by a decision of the Haryana Police to stop the protesters there. [21] On 26 January, Republic Day, the SKM held a rally and the protesters tried to enter New Delhi. [22] [1] There was a clash between the protesters and police, which lead to injuries on both sides and the death of one protester. The SKM claimed the peaceful ...
Bandh (Hindi: बंध, बंद, romanized: bandh, band, lit. 'closing; shutting down') is a form of protest used by political activists in South Asian countries such as India and Nepal. It is similar to a general strike. During a bandh, a political party or a community declare a general strike. [1] For example, a Bharat bandh is a call for ...
The Indian agriculture acts of 2020, often termed the Farm Bills, [1] [2] were three acts initiated by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The Lok Sabha approved the bills on 17 September 2020 and the Rajya Sabha on 20 September 2020. [3] The then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020. [4]
When the Nav Nirman movement resulted in the forced resignation of the Gujarat government, student protests had already begun in Bihar. Unlike the Nav Nirman movement, political student outfits like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) connected with the Jana Sangh, Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha (SYS) connected with Samajwadi Party, and Lok Dal took an active role in the JP movement.
Bihar has a High Court that has been functioning since 1916. All of the government headquarters are situated in the state capital Patna. [5] For administrative purposes, Bihar state has nine divisions—Patna, Tirhut, Saran, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Munger, and Magadh Division—which between them are subdivided into thirty-eight ...
The 2020 Indian general strike was a mass general strike that was held across India on 26 November 2020. The strike was organized by 10 trade unions across the country and was supported by the Indian National Congress , Communist Party of India , Communist Party of India (Marxist) , and other left-wing parties.
The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 2020. The election was held in three phases for a total of 243 seats:- the first for 71 seats on 28 October 2020, the second for 94 seats on 3 November 2020, and the third for the remaining 78 seats on 7 November 2020.