October 2006 BKU activists ruined a gm rice plot in Karnal's Rampura village (Haryana) alleging serious violations of biosafety regulations
November 5, 2006 BKU alleged a similar violation in Gorakhpur district's Rudrapur village (Uttar Pradesh). The village panchayat registered a police complaint
November 10, 2006 Tamil Nadu Farmers' Association uprooted Bt paddy from a field in Coimbatore's Ramnathapuram village. Following the incident the Tamil Nadu government is contemplating to bring a state legislation to ban GM field trials within the state
November 23, 2006 The Chhattisgarh government alleged that GM trials are going on in fields near Raipur without prior permission. Government officials destroyed the field in the presence of the state agriculture minister
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