Punjab Prime Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday welcomed the Center’s decision to allow farmers from his state and Haryana, who were protesting against the three agricultural laws enacted earlier this year, to enter Delhi and continue their demonstration peacefully. . Punjab’s chief minister also renewed his call on the Center …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Bhatinda, Sambhu | Updated: November 27, 2020 1:49:30 pm Leading from the front, during the march. (Photo Express) As trucks and trams arrived in Haryana from Punjab with protesting farmers on Thursday, several women were seen riding to participate in the agitation. Part of the …
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Protesting farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh entered Delhi across the Tikri border on Friday after the national capital’s police commissioner SN Shrivastava said they would be allowed to enter. He called on farmers agitating against the three agricultural laws to maintain order and demonstrate peacefully, according to …
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Although the Singhu border near Delhi’s outer Narela has been closed to traffic since Thursday night due to thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi, on Friday morning the police also closed the Tikri border that goes from Delhi to Bahadurgarh. Traffic police alerted travelers that both roads on the Tikri …
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Punjab farmers, protesting against the three controversial agricultural laws passed by the Center in September, resumed their march to Delhi on Friday as part of their “Dilli Chalo” protest. On Thursday, protesting farmers were able to cross into neighboring Haryana despite violent clashes with the Haryana police. The police action …
Read More »Punjab and Haryana Farmers Protest Today Latest News, Delhi Chalo March News Update
Delhi police are using trucks filled with sand to detain farmers at the Singhu border. The ‘Dilli Chalo’ march of hundreds of Punjab farmers sparked a tense clash on the Shambhu interstate border, near Haryana’s Ambala district, as police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse them. Angry farmers …
Read More »Dilli Chalo: Why Angry Farmers Want To Storm New Delhi
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh clashed with police on Thursday, traveling to the national capital, where they plan to protest against three recently enacted farm laws. Growers on tractors and trucks threw police barricades into a river near the Ambala district, while police detained them …
Read More »Arvind Kejriwal Says It Is ‘Absolutely Wrong’ To Prevent Farmers From Peacefully Protesting
Farmers protest against Delhi: Water cannons were used at least twice to disperse farmers. New Delhi: It is absolutely wrong for farmers to be prevented from holding peaceful demonstrations against the Center’s new agricultural laws and using water cannons against them, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today. Haryana set …
Read More »Punjab’s CM Amarinder Singh Calls On Farmers For Talks Today Amid Upheaval
Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh invited the leaders of the agricultural unions to a meeting on Saturday to resolve the ongoing confrontation over the stop of passenger trains by unions in the state. Farmers are in arms against three agricultural laws passed in Parliament. They say these laws deter …
Read More »The Economic Arguments for the Three Farm Laws: Everything You Need to Know
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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