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NEW DELHI: As the Narendra Modi government struggles to find a solution to the farmers’ strike, the BJP has launched a damage control exercise attacking rivals. Delhi’s Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal has extended his support to the restless farmers. In a tweet, he said: “Farmers, who work day and night …

New Delhi: With farmers’ protest underway in the national capital, the Delhi Transit Police announced today that the Chilla border on the Noida link road was closed to traffic from Noida to Delhi and recommended to people that use the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) airway. “The Chilla border on the Noida link …

The farmers, who mobilized for almost two weeks against the three farm laws enacted by the Center earlier this year, have called for a nationwide strike on Tuesday. The general strike from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will have the support of several political parties and a joint platform of …

As thousands of farmers camped on Delhi’s borders seeking the repeal of three new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told a group of farmers backing these laws on Monday that these measures will benefit the peasantry and the agricultural sector. and that the government will handle such upheavals. …

Farmers protesting against new agricultural laws they have asked for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Wednesday. There are several similarities between the current agitation of farmers and the Shaheen Bagh protests that had taken place from December of last year to March against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In fact, several …

The Shiromani Akali Dal delegation met on Sunday with the Prime Minister of Maharashtra and the President of Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, on various issues related to the “interference of the Center in the rights of the states”, in a significant step of the opposition political parties at the national …

MUMBAI: CM Uddhav Thackeray has assured Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) that the state government will participate in the movement against the Center in the interests of farmers and for the protection of states’ rights. The Shiv Sena, one of the three main constituents of the MVA government in the state …

Sharad Pawar is scheduled to meet with President Ram Nath Kovind on December 9 for the ongoing farmers’ protest. The BJP has been circulating letters from former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar at random to “confuse” people after the Nationalist Congress Party declared its support for farmers agitating against the …

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticized opposition parties for politicizing concerns about recently passed farm laws and misleading farmers, saying they oppose Narendra Modi’s government for the sake of doing so. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that political parties that have supported the farmers’ ongoing protest …

The farmers’ protest in Delhi is shaping up to be an electoral challenge for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), particularly as seven states where resentment over new farm laws is growing are slated to hold assembly elections in the next two years. The states that plan to go to the …