NEW DELHI: Farmers unions will meet Tuesday to decide by consensus whether to accept or reject the Center’s new offer of talks, even as its coordinating body planned to protest in Mumbai as part of its ongoing agitation against central farm laws. The meeting is also expected to finalize a …
Read More »Farmers union leader says they will block the Reliance and Adani toll plazas
The head of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Balbir S Rajewal, said on Friday that farmers will protest in front of the houses of BJP leaders and block large corporations and national retailers, including the toll plazas of Reliance Industries and Adani Enterprises. Hours earlier, the Bharatiya Kisan Union had the …
Read More »On the 14th day of turmoil, farmers insist on repeal of farm laws while government agrees to make changes
LIVE updates from farmers’ protest: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah reiterated the government’s position against repealing new farm laws in a meeting with farmers on Tuesday, after which the sixth was canceled round of negotiations scheduled for today. Leaving the meeting, peasant leaders said that the government would instead submit …
Read More »Government indicates that it does not repeal agricultural laws, will send new proposals today | India News
NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: A meeting between Interior Minister Amit Shah and key farmer representatives on Tuesday failed to break the deadlock on new farm laws, but agitated farmers unions agreed to hold a meeting on the Singhu border on Wednesday to consider fresh proposals the Center and decide whether …
Read More »Farmers Agitate: Talks Between Amit Shah and Union Leaders Fail to Make Breakthrough India News
NEW DELHI: talks between the Minister of the Interior Amit shah and a select group of farmers’ representatives made no progress Tuesday night as union leaders insisted on their demand for repeal of three new laws and rejected the government’s proposed amendment. Some leaders also threatened to boycott the sixth …
Read More »The government is looking for time until Wednesday for concrete proposals; Tuesday bandh to move on | India News
NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: With the agricultural unions attached to your demand that new agricultural laws To be scrapped and insisting that they will continue with the December 8 “Bharat Bandh”, the Center said on Saturday that it would draft some concrete proposals and meet with the unions again one …
Read More »Farmers up the ante, call for Bharat bandh on December 8 | India News
NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: Seeking to increase pressure on the Center ahead of Saturday’s fifth round of talks, farmers unions opposing the new farm laws have called for a Bharat bandh December 8th. They will also go ahead with planned anti-government protests across the country on Saturday. A decision on …
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