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For now, farmers’ protests in Punjab against the Center’s three agricultural laws are bringing together, despite their differing and often conflicting interests, sectors of farmers large and small, landless farm workers and commission agents. It is also a time of unity for Punjab’s notoriously fragmented agricultural unions. The turmoil is …

Even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been coordinating with opposition leaders to hold a joint rally by anti-BJP leaders in Kolkata, on Thursday the CPM worked behind the scenes to get 11 parties, including the NCP, DMK and Congress, issue a joint statement against the BJP government …

The BJP has been claiming that Congress is misleading and inciting farmers for political gain. New Delhi: The BJP’s dispute with Congress over the farmers’ protest continued late into the night today with the head of the party, JP Nadda, tweeting a video of the head of Congress, Sonia Gandhi. …

Dushyant Chautala has said that farmers’ unions must choose the amendment route to find a solution. Chandigarh: Farmers unions must choose the amendment route to find a solution, Haryana Senior Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala said, urging protesters, who have refused to budge on their demand for a complete rollback of …

Former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday that India is now an “imaginary democracy” when he attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that anyone who “attempts to take power away from him will be branded a terrorist and anti-national,” even if it involves from Rashrtriya Swayamsewak The chief of …

Rahul Gandhi said the laws would take away the livelihoods of millions of farmers. New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, in a strong attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government over farmers’ protests, said today that “there is no democracy” in India and that those who rose up against the …

Written by Somya Lakhani | New Delhi | Updated: December 24, 2020 9:56:58 am At the Singhu border on Wednesday. A month ago, when Jagjit Singh (40) hastily left his village in Bathinda in Punjab for Delhi, he only packed a pair of socks, which are now torn and dusty. …

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, …

Tomar reiterated his offer for dialogue on the provisions of the three laws. On Wednesday, farmers’ organizations stood firm in their demand that the minimum support price (MSP) be made mandatory, but appeared to have come down from the intransigent position that no less than the repeal of three new …

A few days ago, driving back from Berkeley to San Francisco, I was delayed for a while in a traffic jam on the other side of the Bay Bridge. The cause of the jam was a mobile procession organized by the Sikh community, with messages of support for Indian farmers …