Calling for attention, thousands of farmers head to the national capital on Friday with their echoes of the repeal of three increasingly strong farm laws enacted by Parliament in September. Thursday witnessed high-voltage clashes between police personnel and protesting farmers forcing their way into adjacent areas of Delhi such as …
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Last week, the President of India promoted the three agricultural bills, namely the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 (FPTC), the Assurance Agreement of Farmer Prices (Empowerment and Protection) Services Bill, 2020 (FAPAFS), and Essential Products Bill (Amendment), 2020. The opposition and farmer organizations continue to …
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Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wasting taxpayers ‘money while addressing a farmers’ rally in Sirsa, Haryana. The Wayanad MP, while addressing a rally during his ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra (Saving Agriculture)’ at Sirsa’s Dussehra field, said Prime Minister Modi bought Air India One because …
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Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi’s Kheti Bachao tractor rally against agricultural laws will enter Haryana from Punjab near Kyukar village of Pehowa subdivision of Kurukshetra district on Tuesday afternoon. According to his schedule, Gandhi will lead a tour in Pehowa after entering Haryana. He plans to meet the farmers around 3pm. …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 4, 2020 8:00:45 pm Rahul Gandhi will hold mass public meetings and tractor rallies in Punjab and Haryana over three days. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) From the heart of the protests against the three controversial farm laws in Moga, …
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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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AMBALA: On the call for agrarian organizations including Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Haryana, for three controversies farm bills, farmers blocked main roads and protested peacefully in Ambala Division from 10am to 4pm on Fridays. Farmers participated in peaceful protests in various places in Ambala, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar, while chanting slogans …
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By: PTI | Chandigarh | September 23, 2020 5:07:41 pm Subsequently, many youth workers were taken into preventive custody, police said. (Express photo by Jasbir Malhi / Representational) On Wednesday, Haryana police used water cannons in Panipat to prevent a demonstration led by the Haryana Youth Congress from heading to …
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SP deputy Jaya Bachchan speaks with Congress deputy Anand Sharma as opposition leaders carry out a (PTI) strike Protests against the contentious agriculture-related bills and the suspension of eight opposition members of Rajya Sabha were echoed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, with Congress, TMC, DMK, TRS and the left, …
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TMC MP Derek O’Brien tries to break the rule book when uproar breaks out in Rajya Sabha over agriculture-related bills during the current Monsoon Session at Parliament House in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Screengrab @ RSTV via PTI) Live updates from Parliament: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha news The …
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