Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:09:34 am Head of JJP Ajay Singh Chautala With the majority of JJP’s 10 MLAs coming out in support of protesting farmers, BJP’s ally in Haryana on Tuesday backed their demand for MSP secured for crops. JJP chief Ajay …
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Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:04:39 am Farmers at the Singhu border on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 (Express Photo: Gajendra Yadav) Most of the negotiations start from maximalist positions. It is no different in the current confrontation between the Center and the farmers’ …
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The Chilla border (Delhi-Noida Link Road) was closed following protests by farmers who blocked Delhi to UP Link Road. (Photo credit: ANI Twitter) Police said the Chilla border linking Delhi to UP via Noida has been closed, adding that those who want to go to Noida can make a U-turn …
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Shaheen Bagh Bilkis activist ‘Dadi’ was turned away on Tuesday from the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana. Bilkis ‘Dadi’ had made headlines last year when she, along with other female residents of Shaheen Bagh, South Delhi, organized a sit-in against the contentious citizenship amendment bills, which turned into a …
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The Punjab-based farmers body Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) declined to participate in a meeting called by the Center on farm laws on Tuesday, demanding that representatives of all farmers’ unions be invited to the talks. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had invited farmers’ union leaders to the talks on …
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The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership is pushing for an early and friendly resolution of the farmers’ protest as the current unrest threatens to derail the party’s expansion plans in Punjab and undermines the government’s “pro-farmer image”. Union, said people familiar with the details. . Even when the meeting between the …
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Former Army Chief and current Minister of State VK Singh spoke to the ANI news agency (archive) New Delhi: Shortly after State Minister VK Singh said that the thousands of men and women protesting against the center’s new agricultural laws “do not appear to be farmers,” Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 10:11:37 pm Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar during a meeting with leaders of various farmers’ organizations on the new agricultural laws, in New Delhi. (PTI photo) A marathon meeting between the Center and farmers’ unions remained unfinished …
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Long queues of vehicles clogged roads in parts of the national capital on Monday as Delhi police closed the Singhu and Tikri borders and tightened controls elsewhere in the wake of ongoing protests by farmers. Both the Singhu and Tikri border points remained closed and farmers rejected the Center’s offer …
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The meeting between agricultural union leaders and the government on Tuesday did not achieve a breakthrough and another round of discussions will take place on Thursday, December 3. The government has suggested the creation of a committee to analyze the problems raised by farmers protesting against agricultural laws, but it …
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