dharna
Noun
Meaning
(India) A sit-in.
(India, specifically) A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor.
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Dry ration like wheat flour, rice and pulses are also donated by farmers on a regular basis at each dharna site.
Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq who reached the dharna venue Friday afternoon on a wheelchair gave his blessings and applause to the thousand of “ brave women” who have displayed great grit and foresight by taking on the reigns of the movement in their hands.
Another farmers’ outfit, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, was sitting on a dharna at Jandiala near Amritsar.
The SAD legislature party earlier held a four-hour sit in dharna outside the Punjab Bhawan here after they were not allowed inside to interact with the media which had been asked to cover the Vidhan Sabha proceedings while stationed there.
Designed by Dipa Shilpi, the temple is in the form of a a, a mythological aircraft, which Dharna Shah had seen in his vision.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung yesterday said he might sit on an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi during the course of his party’s previously announced dharna for Gorkhaland at Jantar Mantar on December 12.