Farmer protest updates: Farmer protests against farm laws entered their 25th day today. New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the three farm laws today threatened to block Ghazipur’s border between Uttar Pradesh and the national capital. The warning to intensify the protests comes amid government guarantees on the minimum support price …
Read More »“I come from a family of farmers,” writes Take an open letter to farmers; PM Modi urges to read
Amid the ongoing protest by farmers that he is completing on the 22nd Thursday, the Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar wrote an open letter addressing the farmers where he said that a misunderstanding had been created between some groups of farmers regarding reforms. “Several agricultural unions have welcomed the …
Read More »The Delhi Assembly rejects the 3 agricultural laws; Kejriwal breaks copies, says all farmers have become Bhagat Singh
Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday lashed out at the central government amid farmer agitation during the one-day session of the Delhi Assembly. The protests against the three agrarian reforms of the Center began on the 22nd. Kejriwal broke the copies of the three agricultural laws during the session …
Read More »“ Do you know anything about agriculture? ”: MP CM criticizes Rahul Gandhi amidst uproar
Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan lashed out Wednesday at Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi over ongoing farmers’ protests against new farm laws, adding that people working against the country’s interests have entered the turmoil. Gandhi, who has been a strong critic of the three new laws passed by Parliament …
Read More »A key farmer leader favors conversations, saying ‘goals were changed’
A key leader of the ongoing protests against three new farm laws has expressed dissatisfaction with the upheaval, breaking ranks with his colleagues on the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a platform that is leading the protests. Sardar VM Singh, convener of the AIKSCC, told HT that the …
Read More »Farmers protest LIVE updates: Amid protests, farmers open makeshift gym on Singhu border
Delhi Police have tightened security at various border points by deploying more personnel and putting up multi-layered barricades as farmers block the Delhi-Jaipur highway today. The protests against the new agricultural reforms of the central government entered on the 18th. The protesting farmers said that the main roads linking Delhi …
Read More »LIVE updates from farmers’ protest: Amritsar-based restaurant offers meals to protesters at Ghazipur border
Farmers ‘agitation against the central government’s agricultural reforms has entered the 16th. Farmers’ unions located on the borders of the national capital have threatened to block the railroad tracks across the country if the reforms are not removed. The unions also said they would occupy the toll plaza and block …
Read More »Farmers protest: Navdeep Singh, hailed as ‘hero’ for turning off the water cannon, charged with ‘attempted murder’
The video of a young Ambala farmer jumping over the water cannon from his tractor car and turning it off during the agitation of farmers on National Highway 44 went viral on social media. The incident took place on November 25 when farmers marched into the capital defying the water …
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