Written by Sukrita Baruah | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 9:02:12 am Farmers like Mewa Singh, who prepare their own food with their tractors, receive fresh supplies that arrive in trucks from the villages of Haryana. More than two kilometers from the start of the farmers’ blockade on …
Read More »Under Singhu’s shadow, Tikri’s protest also grows in size
Written by Sukrita Baruah | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 8:43:56 am Farmers like Mewa Singh, who prepare their own food with their tractors, receive fresh supplies that arrive in trucks from the villages of Haryana. More than two kilometers from the start of the farmers’ blockade on …
Read More »Government blinks, unyielding farmers
The Union government offered broad concessions to farmers, proposing to amend two land reform laws and a bill pending in Parliament to try to end weeks of protests, but the farm unions stuck to their demand to remove all three. pro-market laws that say they will. they damage their livelihoods. …
Read More »Explained: Why Farmer Agitation Is More Of Concern To JJP Than BJP
Written by Varinder Bhatia | Chandigarh | Updated: December 8, 2020 8:50:28 am Dushyant Chautala, then Hisar MP, rode a tracker to Parliament in 2017 to protest against changes to the Motor Vehicle Law that he claimed would add to farmers’ woes. (Express File / Prem Nath Pandey) During the …
Read More »BJP’s Cup of Woes Filled to the Brim by Farmers’ Protests
From Award Wapasi to the call by regional parties to unite in the name of federalism, the ongoing protest over the new farm laws could be a major political challenge for the BJP, especially at a time when it is betting big on 2021. from West Bengal. Assembly votes and …
Read More »BJP ally RLP supports Bharat Bandh’s call and threatens to exit coalition – jaipur
The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, extended its support for the farmers’ agitation on Sunday. RLP deputy Hanuman Beniwal, in a video message posted on Twitter, said that he will also accept a call about his support for the NDA after December 9 if the …
Read More »Government to farmers unions in crucial meeting
At the beginning of the fifth round of talks here in Vigyan Bhawan, the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told a group of 40 representatives from various farmers’ unions that the government is committed to cordial talks and welcomed all comments. positive about new farm laws, sources. said. Later, …
Read More »Ideas explained: why liberalization of Indian agriculture is out of step with what other countries are doing
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 11:39:55 am Without some support from the state, the smallest of Indian peasants would be even more vulnerable. (Archive) The three controversial farm bills, which received approval from the president on September 27, essentially change the rules on the …
Read More »Prime Minister Modi on Mann ki Baat says new laws gave farmers more opportunities
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke today about the Center’s new agricultural laws and the benefits they brought, as the country witnessed an unprecedented protest from farmers over the past four days. By demanding that the laws be removed, thousands of farmers from various states have been camping in …
Read More »Punjab CM Amarinder Singh urges farmers to accept Amit Shah’s appeal
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged farmers to accept the call of Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and move to the designated place for their protest, thus paving the way for the first talks to resolve their problems. Amid reports of Amit Shah’s offer to hold talks with …
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