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Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi continued his attack on the Center and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on agricultural bills recently passed by Parliament. On Twitter on Thursday, Gandhi said the Modi government is not talking to farmers and is instead engaged in image-building exercises. “Modi government priorities: Instead of talking to …

Congress will launch its nearly two-month-long “mass movement” against the government on Thursday for passing bills “against farmers and the poor” during the monsoon session of parliament. The party will also collect two million signatures from farmers protesting the proposed laws. The Draft Law on Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) of …

Bhupinder Singh Hooda urged the Center to present a fourth bill in Parliament assuring MSP (Archive) New Delhi: When the central government decides to attack the opposition using the Haryana contract farming rules implemented by Congress, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, under whose tenure the legislation was implemented, …

Congress has decided to launch a national protest starting Thursday against the two agrarian reform bills recently approved by Parliament. The decision to agitate at the national level was made at a meeting of secretaries general and heads of states held at the Congress party headquarters in Delhi. “Starting on …

The opponents had decided on Monday to boycott the proceedings in both houses. New Delhi: Fifteen bills passed the Rajya Sabha in the past two days, as the opposition boycotted proceedings in both houses over the suspension of all eight of its members over Sunday’s uproar. Seven of the bills …

An action-packed Wednesday is expected in Parliament with the passage of several bills, protests and a meeting of opposition parties with the President of India before the two Houses end the reduced monsoon session. Representatives of the opposition parties plan to gather near the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex …

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh tweeted on Tuesday that eight opposition MPs, including himself, suspended for Sunday’s unprecedented chaos in Rajya Sabha, were fighting not for tea but for the well-being of farmers. . “Mr. Modi, we are not fighting for our tea. We are fighting for the …

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi, returned to India on Tuesday morning after undergoing a routine medical check-up in the United States, people familiar with the development said. The two had left for the United States on September 12. They both missed a significant part of …

Farmers across the country protest bills passed by Rajya Sabha Sunday (Archive) New Delhi: Opposition parties and farmer groups across the country, including Congress and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), have announced plans to vigorously protest against the two controversial farm bills passed by Rajya Sabha on Sunday, amid pandemonium …

The agricultural sector contributes almost 15% of the Indian economy, valued at 2.9 trillion dollars. New Delhi: On Sunday afternoon, amid scenes of chaos and uproar, Rajya Sabha passed two of a set of three controversial bills related to India’s agricultural sector. The bills, which replace ordinances issued in June, …