Talks between Interior Minister Amit Shah and a select group of farmers’ representatives failed to achieve any progress Tuesday night, with union leaders insisting on their demand for repeal of three new laws and rejecting the proposed government amendment. Some leaders also threatened to boycott the sixth round of talks …
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The Shiromani Akali Dal delegation met on Sunday with the Prime Minister of Maharashtra and the President of Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, on various issues related to the “interference of the Center in the rights of the states”, in a significant step of the opposition political parties at the national …
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticized opposition parties for politicizing concerns about recently passed farm laws and misleading farmers, saying they oppose Narendra Modi’s government for the sake of doing so. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that political parties that have supported the farmers’ ongoing protest …
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Up to seven borders connecting Delhi with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh remained completely closed on Monday due to ongoing farmer protest, leading to traffic problems and inconvenience to drivers in many parts of the city. The borders that are completely closed are Singhu, Tikri, Auchandi, Piao Maniyari, Mangesh, Jharoda, and …
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Pooja Morey, a 30-year-old woman from Maharashtra, cheers and applauds as a farmer leader delivers a speech in Punjabi from the Singhu border stage on a warm Sunday afternoon. Morey, who does not speak Hindi very well, understands little of Punjabi, but says it doesn’t matter. “My father is a …
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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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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 5, 2020 5:50:32 pm Farmers block a road near Ghazipur on December 4, 2020 (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey) The protesting farmers have called Bharat Bandh on December 8 one day after the fourth round of talks between them and …
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As thousands of farmers continue to agitate against laws enacted by the government earlier this year, agricultural union leaders and the government will meet for the fifth round of talks on Saturday to bring a solution to the deadlock in new legislation. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Minister …
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Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: December 5, 2020 7:00:05 am Farmers protest at the Singhu border on Friday. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) It was an announced crisis. Farmers’ protests on the Delhi borders and their discussions with the government in Vigyan Bhavan – another round …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma, Manraj Grewal Sharma, Raakhi Jagga | Chandigarh, New Delhi | December 5, 2020 4:25:58 am Farmers at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) Having announced its intention to address key farmers’ concerns such as leveling the playing field between …
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