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The BJP has been claiming that Congress is misleading and inciting farmers for political gain. New Delhi: The BJP’s dispute with Congress over the farmers’ protest continued late into the night today with the head of the party, JP Nadda, tweeting a video of the head of Congress, Sonia Gandhi. …

PM Modi will address nine crore farmers on December 25 on the theme of the protest over farm laws (archive) New Delhi: The BJP will spare no expense to reach farmers on Thursday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address nine crore farmers and clarify the center’s position on farm …

Earlier in the day, Congressional leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met with President Ram Nath Kovind and sought the withdrawal of recently enacted farm laws. Gandhi told the president that the laws were “anti-farmers” and would cause farmers to suffer great losses. In other news, …

Dushyant Chautala has said that farmers’ unions must choose the amendment route to find a solution. Chandigarh: Farmers unions must choose the amendment route to find a solution, Haryana Senior Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala said, urging protesters, who have refused to budge on their demand for a complete rollback of …

Former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday that India is now an “imaginary democracy” when he attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that anyone who “attempts to take power away from him will be branded a terrorist and anti-national,” even if it involves from Rashrtriya Swayamsewak The chief of …

Rahul Gandhi said the laws would take away the livelihoods of millions of farmers. New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, in a strong attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government over farmers’ protests, said today that “there is no democracy” in India and that those who rose up against the …

Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: December 24, 2020 1:05:44 pm As part of the plan, Satbir Singh, the secretary general of state of the Kirti Kisan Union (KKU), Punjab, was in Mumbai on Tuesday. (Archive) Punjabi peasant leaders protesting on the Delhi borders have started traveling to …

Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi will lead a rally today around 11am from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhavan with congressional MPs, after which he, along with senior leaders, will meet with President Ram Nath Kovind and present a memorandum with signatures of 2 million rupees for your speech. Meanwhile, …

Tomar reiterated his offer for dialogue on the provisions of the three laws. On Wednesday, farmers’ organizations stood firm in their demand that the minimum support price (MSP) be made mandatory, but appeared to have come down from the intransigent position that no less than the repeal of three new …

Written by Vandita Mishra | Amritsar, Ludhiana | Updated: December 24, 2020 7:47:32 am Patiala: Women relatives of farmers protesting in Delhi work in the fields in their absence, in Daun Kalan village in Patiala. (PTI) Jasbir Kaur, 37, is a seven-acre farmer in the village of Chohan near the …