All India Kisan Sabha leader Hannan Mollah said the sixth round of talks between the government and the Center, scheduled for Wednesday, has been canceled. His statement came after 13 farmer leaders met with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah. Mollah said the minister told them that a proposal will be …
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Thousands of farmers initially from Punjab and Haryana and later from other states launched a protest on November 26 against three farm laws that they fear will corporateize agriculture. Defying police resistance and the freezing weather, they have now arrived in Delhi, with various groups besieging various borders of the …
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Farmer groups met with three Union ministers on Saturday for the fifth round of talks amid ongoing protests over the Center’s new farm laws. Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Railways, Trade and Food, Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, who is a …
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After the eight-hour meeting, Tomar said the government will consider all issues on Friday, and so will union leaders, before returning to the table on Saturday. When asked if the government is ready to amend the three contentious laws, he said: “I am not a fortune teller. When we meet …
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Farmer protests today: The protest has entered the ninth day. New Delhi: Talks between three union ministers and a representative group of thousands of agitated farmers yielded no resolution on Thursday as union leaders stuck to their demand for repeal of new farm laws and even rejected lunch, tea and …
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Peasant leaders who went to Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday for their crucial meeting with the Center on the new agricultural laws are not accepting food or tea offered by the government, one leader told ANI. A video has also emerged of farmer leaders sharing food they brought with them. The …
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Farmer protests: Today’s meeting with farmers’ organizations will be the fourth since the protests began. New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will meet Interior Minister Amit Shah at his residence today ahead of talks between the Center and agricultural leaders about their agitation against the new agricultural laws. Sources …
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Ahead of Thursday’s talks, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah held discussions with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on Wednesday on ways to allay concerns about the new laws. agricultural. Tomar, Goyal and the Minister of State for Trade, Som Parkash, had represented …
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Farmers protesting the center’s new agricultural laws held two meetings today between themselves New Delhi: Farmers protesting the controversial new farm laws warned the center not to try to sow discord in its ranks and stressed that, contrary to the narrative some members of the ruling BJP are pushing, their …
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The farmers’ protest at the Delhi border points entered the sixth day and will continue, as critical talks between three Union ministers and farmer groups ended in a stalemate on Tuesday after they rejected the government’s suggestion of a new committee to examine the issues raised by agitating the farmers. …
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