Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday criticized his Punjab counterpart Captain Amarinder Singh, saying he had always supported farmers. Singh had said on Sunday that Kejriwal was “exploiting” the ongoing agitation of farmers after the Delhi CM announced that it would fast in support of the ongoing protest. “Captain, …
Read More »Farmers protest live: Key’s meeting at Amit Shah’s residence; The Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Tomar, is also present | India News
14 December 2020 12:09 PM The key meeting will take place today at the residence of the Union Minister of the Interior, Amit Shah, as farmers intensify their protest against the agricultural laws. Almost 40 farmers’ union leaders are today on hunger strike, at various border points in the national …
Read More »Farmers on one-day hunger strike against new farm laws
Farmers protest in Delhi: 5 rounds of talks between center and farmers have failed to end stalemate New Delhi: The leaders of the farmers’ unions that have been protesting against the Center’s new farm laws are today on a one-day hunger strike. Farmers will also hold demonstrations across the country. …
Read More »ExplainSpeaking: How China’s Style of Farm Reform Helped Reduce Poverty
Written by Udit Misra, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | December 14, 2020 8:27:23 am Farmers drive a cart loaded with sunflowers at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, on July 14, 2020 (Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg) Dear readers, the farmers protests in the …
Read More »Farmers protest: Now, RSS affiliate wants legal guarantee for MSP | India News
NEW DELHI: Farmers protesting the recently enacted farm laws on Sunday were supported by RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on their demand for a legal guarantee to secure the purchase of food grains at a minimum support price (MSP). This is the second organism linked to RSS after BKS …
Read More »Haryana-Rajasthan Border Sealed As Farmers Plan To Intensify Unrest; Those Who End Upheaval Not Associated With Us, Leaders Say
Farmers unions, particularly in Punjab and Haryana, say the new laws will lead to the dismantling of the MSP system under which government agencies buy their crops at a guaranteed price. In its proposal to farmers on Wednesday, the Center had said it would give a written guarantee that the …
Read More »Night at farmers’ protest: pehredars watch, langars give relief
Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2020 7:46:34 am On the Singhu border on Saturday night, one of the 3 key border points that have become the epicenter of the protests. Praveen khanna A little after 7 p.m., a thick fog comes in and the …
Read More »Farmers to hunger strike today as protests escalate: 10 facts
Farmers have been camping on the outskirts of Delhi since late November because of the new farm laws. New Delhi: As protests against the government’s new agricultural laws mount, all the leaders of the farmers’ corps, which are backing thousands of protesters who have been camping near Delhi’s borders since …
Read More »Uddhav: It is not our culture to call food suppliers anti-national terrorists
By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Updated: December 14, 2020 7:46:50 am He was speaking to the media in Mumbai on the eve of the two-day winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly that begins Monday. (Archive) Accusing him of ruling the country in “Tughlaqi style,” Maharashtra Prime Minister …
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 …
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