Mysore/Mysuru: Various organisations including Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene, Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) and Mysuru Rakshana Vedike staged separate protests in city this morning. While KRRS and Hasiru Sene staged a protest near Regional Commissioner’s Office, SUCI and Mysuru Rakshana Vedike staged a protest near the Deputy Commissioner’s Office. About…
KRRS to stage State-wide demonstration from June 27
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning the amendments to APMC, Karnataka Land Reforms and Seed Acts and as well as the privatisation moves of the Power sector, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene will stage demonstrations in front of all Gram Panchayat (GP) offices in the State from June 27 to 30. Announcing this at…
GTD joins farmers in their protest against amendments to Land Reforms Act
June 24, 2020Protestors submit memorandum to MLAs Mysore/Mysuru: Opposing the amendments to Land Reforms Act, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene and Karnataka Rajya Raitha Virodhi Kayde Horata Samithi, staged separate protests at Jaladarshini Guest House on Hunsur Road this morning. While the members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene were led by their…
Farmers block Nanjangud Road in protest against amendment to Land Reforms Act
June 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Traffic on the ever busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was disrupted for over an hour this morning as farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (Samoohika Nayakatva, meaning mass leadership) staged a rasta-roko (Road blockade) as part of the Statewide demonstration, near APMC Market on Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway. As farmers blocked the Highway, the Police…
Amendments to Land Reforms Act: Farmers to block Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway tomorrow
June 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the amendments made to Land Reforms Act and orders being made to implement by the State Government, the farmers will be staging a nationwide protest by blocking Highways on June 20, said Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha District President Vidyasagar T. Ramegowda in a press meet here recently. Stating that both the Central and…
APMC Act amendment: KRRS to stage nationwide protest demonstration on May 27
May 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that the recent amendment made by the Karnataka Government to the APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) Act is detrimental to the interests of the farming community, the KRRS (Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha), in association with All India Farmer Movement Co-ordination Committee, will stage a nationwide demonstration on May 27. Announcing this at a…
Farmer Association welcomes amendment to APMC Act
May 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, one of the farmer associations of the State, has welcomed the State Government’s ordinance amending the APMC Act, allowing private players in Agricultural produce markets. Addressing a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, the Association State President N.S. Verma said that although the country attained freedom 70 years ago,…
KRRS urges State to announce farmer welfare schemes in Budget
February 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has urged the State Government to announce schemes aimed at farmer welfare in the forthcoming Budget. Addressing a press meet here recently, KRRS President Badagalapura Nagendra said that the farmers of the State were distressed by loss of crops due to floods and drought, unremunerative prices for crops…
Farmers stage protest against high-tension power line
December 30, 2019Mysuru: Claiming that the Hiriyur-Mysuru 440 KV high tension power line being drawn upon fertile lands in villages coming under Yelwal Hobli has sounded a death knell for the farming community, over a hundred farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene (KRRS) staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy…
Hundreds of farmers take out rally in city, seek clarity in farm loan waiver scheme
June 24, 2019Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, over 400 farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene, took out a massive rally in city this morning. The rally, which commenced from Gun House Circle, passed through Chamaraja Double Road, Ramaswamy Circle, JLB Road, Hotel Metropole Circle and Hunsur Road to…
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