A day after the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that “the mere gathering of a crowd does not lead to the repeal of laws”, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait responded by saying that “when the people gather , governments change. “ The leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), …
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The police prevented 15 MPs from 10 opposition parties from reaching the Ghazipur border to meet with protesting farmers. (PTI photo) The BJP said on Thursday that the support of some foreign celebrities for farmers protesting against the three new agricultural laws was an attempt to “destabilize the country” and …
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A large number of farmers, including women, showed up at a farmers’ meeting at the Landhdi toll plaza on the Hisar-Sirsa National Highway on Tuesday. (Express photo) Referring to the multiple layers of barricades placed at the borders by Delhi police and the reduction of internet services, Samyukta Kisan Morcha …
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The leaders of the farmers’ protest will be targeted with the entire national security arsenal that the state has used in previous protests, from Bhima Koregaon to the Citizenship Amendment Act. Addressing the violent clashes that broke out between farmers and Delhi police in the Red Fort on Republic Day, …
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At the Red Fort on January 27, 2021 (Express Photo: Praveen Khanna) After two months of peaceful protests on the Delhi borders and 11 rounds of negotiations with the central government, the Republic Day tractor parade turned into chaos on Tuesday. A protester was killed when his tractor overturned while …
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Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping on the Delhi border for several weeks, demanding the repeal of laws that they claim will lead to the weakening of the minimum support price (MSP) system. . The three contentious laws are the Trade in …
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The eighth round of negotiations between the protesting the farmers’ unions and the Center about him recently enacted farm laws ended on an unfinished note on Friday, with farmers sticking to their key demand for repeal of the agrarian laws and the Center insisting on limiting the conversations to contentious …
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Mukesh Ambani, head of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), said Monday that the company would always support Indian farmers’ demand for a “fair and profitable price on a predictable basis” for its products, and that the company had no plans to enter into partnership by contract. agriculture, now or in the …
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Farmers sit in the back of their tractor wagon as they continue to block a road on the Delhi-Haryana border on the outskirts of New Delhi. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup) Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Representatives of farmers protesting at the Delhi borders arrived at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on …
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After more than a month and five rounds of cold talk, there was some conciliation and progress in resolving the standoff, and much more cordiality between the farmers’ unions and the government on Wednesday. For the first time, there were some conclusions: a perceptible change in gesture on the part …
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