By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 28, 2020 7:20:35 pm Farmers and activists shout anti-government slogans during a protest against agricultural bills in Bangalore, India on Monday (AP Photo / Aijaz Rahi). As farmers’ organizations and regional and opposition parties continue to protest against the contentious …
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Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh held a sit-in protesting against agricultural laws at Khatkar Kalan in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. He also paid tribute to Bhagat Singh on the anniversary of the latter’s birth and said that we were indebted for his “supreme sacrifice.” Khatkar Kalan is the ancestral …
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Critics say these new farm laws will lead farmers to lose guaranteed purchase prices for their crops, to the benefit of large corporations. Most opposition parties and farmers’ organizations across the country have strongly opposed the bills. According to some media reports, former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi may also join …
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Amarinder Singh has openly criticized the three controversial agricultural laws. Chandigarh, Punjab: Punjab’s chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, will hold a sit-in today against the three controversial agricultural laws, which have sparked protests across the country. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the three bills on Sunday, nearly a week after …
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Farmer groups and political parties plan to intensify protests against the three farm bills that were signed into law Sunday by President Ram Nath Kovind, who ignored demands that he withhold his consent to legislation that the opposition has called anti -Friendly farmer and corporate. Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder …
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Akali Patriarch Dal Parkash Singh Badal (center) with party chairman Sukhbir Singh Badal (right) and other leaders address their ‘Rosh’ rally in Rajasansi, near Amritsar, on February 13, 2020 (PTI Photo) . Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal’s decision to resign from the NDA …
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Written by Kanchan Vasdev | Chandigarh | Updated: September 25, 2020 7:43:58 am Farmers in Punjab have been protesting against the agricultural laws. (Proceedings) WITH THE SAD Opposition raising the stakes with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Union Cabinet on Center Farm Laws Amid Farmer Protests, Congress-run …
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CHANDIGARH: Various farmers’ organizations have called for a Bharat Bandh on Friday, to protest against the three land reform bills passed in Parliament during the Monsoon session. Given that both the ruling Congress and the opposition AAP, as well as the NDA ally SAD, support the farmers’ agenda, the bandh …
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Prime Minister Amarinder Singh said on Sunday that his government would take the BJP and its allies, including the Akalis, to court over new “unconstitutional, undemocratic and anti-migrant” laws from the central government. He said he would fight to his last breath to protect the interests of farmers …
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