New Delhi: The issue of street protests against the agriculture bill has now reached the top court. Congress MP from Kerala Tien Pratapan has challenged the agriculture law in the country's largest court. A writ petition has been filed by parliament to withdraw the bill relating to farmers. TN Pratapan's lawyer Ashish George, advocate James P Thomas and lawyer Cr Rekhesh Sharma will appear before the apex court.

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On the other hand, Delhi Police has detained 5 persons in connection with the tractor fire near India Gate. They have been identified as Manjot Singh, Raman Singh, Rahul, Sahib and Sumit. All of them belong to Punjab. A train being interrogated has also been seized. In Karnataka, there is a protest against the agriculture bill today. In Karnataka, JDS workers took out a bike rally in Shivmoga, which was stopped by the police at Laxmi Theatre Circle.

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Farmers' organizations today announced a statewide bandh against the Agriculture Act, the Land Reforms Ordinance, the Agricultural Produce Market Committee changes and labor laws by JDS workers. Protests are continuing across the country against agricultural law. It is seeing a lot of impact in areas like Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh.

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