Protesting against the new farm laws, farmers sit at the train station in Jalandhar for an indefinite period as part of their agitation of the roko railway in Punjab on Thursday. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh) The main opposition party in Haryana leaves no stone unturned to turn the demonstration …
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Written by Liz Mathew | New Delhi | Updated: September 23, 2020 7:29:24 am Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “Opposition to the bill is for the sake of politics.” Union Minister and BJP Senior MP Ravi Shankar Prasad talks to Liz Mathew about contentious agricultural bills and opposition protests in Parliament. …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 21, 2020 7:59:59 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday that the agricultural reform bills passed by Parliament are “necessary for India in the 21st century.” To allay farmers’ fears, Modi said: “I want to make …
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Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi | Updated: September 21, 2020 12:23:43 pm Farmers walk through a rice field when they return after the day’s work in Prayagraj (AP) On many occasions, it is not the law, but what it seems to convey and the context in which it …
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