Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi will lead a rally today around 11am from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhavan with congressional MPs, after which he, along with senior leaders, will meet with President Ram Nath Kovind and present a memorandum with signatures of 2 million rupees for your speech.
Meanwhile, farmers’ unions reiterated Wednesday that talks could only begin when the Center repeals new land reform laws and has reportedly demanded a revised cost of production that will increase the minimum support price (MSP).
Here are live updates:
– Delhi traffic police updated that the Chilla and Gazipur borders are closed for any vehicular movement coming from Noida and Gaziabad to Delhi due to protests from farmers. People are advised to take an alternative route to reach Delhi through the Anand Vihar, DND, Apsara, Bhopra and Loni borders
– Rahul Gandhi will lead the rally today at 10:45 am from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhavan with congressional MPs. After that, he and other high-level leaders will meet with the President of India and present a memorandum with 2 million rupees signatures for their intervention, said Congressional MP K Suresh.
– Farmers unions have written to the Ministry of Agriculture saying that they are ready for talks only “if the Center presents a concrete proposal without repeating the proposed changes to the agricultural laws offered previously. The times of India reported.
Meanwhile, Rashtriya Lok Dal’s national vice president, Jayant Chaudhary, on Wednesday called on farmers to unite against farm laws, saying his party will back them. Paying tribute to his grandfather and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on the anniversary of his birth, the RLD leader said that if farmers do not speak out against the laws, they may lose their land and identity.
– DMK chief MK Stalin on Wednesday took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the continued agitation of farmers in Delhi, accusing him of failing to take action to end his nearly month-long protest. He also accused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami of betraying farmers by supporting the Center’s new agricultural laws, claiming the laws would ruin farmers’ livelihoods.
– In addition, langar (community kitchens) and night shelters have also been installed in the protest sites. Medicines and ambulances are also being provided to agitated farmers, he added.
– The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) provided 700 geysers of water to farmers protesting against the Center’s agricultural laws on the borders of the national capital amid the cold on Wednesday. Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and some other states have been camping at various points of entry into Delhi for almost a month, demanding that the Center repeal all three agricultural laws.
– Modi will also interact with farmers from six states during the event, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. “Farmers will share their experiences with PM-KISAN and also about various other initiatives taken by the government for the well-being of farmers,” he said.
– Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce the next installment of financial benefits under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) on Friday via video conference, his office said Wednesday. With the push of a button, Modi will enable the transfer of more than Rs 18,000 crore to more than nine crore beneficiary farming families, he added.
– Farmers unions reiterated Wednesday that talks could only begin when the Center repeals new farm reform laws and has reportedly demanded a revised cost of production that will increase the minimum support price (MSP).
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