LUCK: The police took Head of SP Akhilesh Yadav in custody on Monday after party leaders he led broke the security cordon to sit in a dharna in the heart of the city to oppose the three agricultural bills against which farmers have called ‘Bharat bandh‘ on Tuesday. With UP …
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Bharat Bandh: Emergency services will not be affected by the December 8 closure (Archive) New Delhi: With growing support from trade unions and opposition parties for tomorrow’s “Bharat Bandh” call, some services, including fruit and venerable supplies, could be affected in Delhi, now the epicenter of farmers’ protests, and the …
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has always supported farmers when he reiterated support for his call for Bharat Bandh or a national strike on Tuesday. Kejriwal made the remarks at the Singhu border in the capital, where he has gone to …
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NEW DELHI: A set of three laws on farming passed by Parliament in September has prompted thousands of farmers to protest outside Delhi in the past two weeks. Farmers have expressed fear that the new agricultural laws it will eliminate MSP’s safety cushion and discard the mandis, thus leaving them …
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Arvind Kejriwal will visit the Singhu border together with members of his cabinet at 10 am. (Archive) New Delhi: Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit the Delhi-Haryana border today to review arrangements made for farmers protesting and camping there, authorities said. Kejriwal will visit the Singhu border along with …
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NEW DELHI: Leaders of 11 parties, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, DMK head MK Stalin, CPN Patriarch Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party head Akhilesh Yadav and the Left Front Sitaram Yechury Y D Raja, said on Sunday they would lend their support “wholeheartedly” to December 8 Bharat bandh call for farmers‘Unions …
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A number of political parties, from Congress to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), have backed on Tuesday the call for a Bharat bandh (closure strike) in support of farmers who have gathered on Delhi’s borders to protest against three agricultural laws introduced. through the Center, as the city’s traffic police braced …
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CHANDIGARH: In the middle of farmers in progress‘Protest against farm laws, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol said on Sunday that it supports his party and farmers. He also said that the central government always think about improving farmers. On Twitter, Deol posted a photo …
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NEW DELHI / HYDERABAD / MUMBAI: Opposition parties, including many regional teams, came out on Sunday in strong support for the ‘Bharat bandh‘on 8 December called by farmers unions who have been protesting on the Delhi borders for 11 days demanding the repeal of the Center’s new agricultural marketing laws. …
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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 …
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