NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Monday he made an ardent call on protesters to give the new farm laws a chance, even as he questioned opposition parties for their sudden “U-turn” on the need for reforms in the agricultural sector. Participate in the debate in the Rajya sabha …
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NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Leader Rakesh tikait on Saturday he said they have given the government until October 2 to repeal the agricultural laws, otherwise the agricultural unions agitating against the new laws would plan more protests. Speaking in the Ghazipur protest site, Tikait said: “We have given …
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NEW DELHI: Union agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar responded to the head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday Sharad PawarCriticism about new agricultural laws and accused him of “ignorant” and “misinformed”. Defending the government’s farm laws, Tomar said the new reforms make it easier to promote an additional …
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NEW DELHI: The farmers unions on Saturday they said they want to hold talks with the government about the new farm laws, but they will not back down on their demand that they be withdrawn entirely. the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a body that groups together farmers’ unions, added that …
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NEW DELHI: protest farmers unions stuck to its demand for a complete repeal of three contentious farm laws in its ninth round of talks with three central ministers, but while the government asked them to be more flexible in their approach and expressed its willingness to make necessary amendments, as …
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Farmers Protest: Farmers have been protesting against new farm laws near Delhi border points (archive) New Delhi: The seventh round of talks between the Center and protesting farmers will take place today with two key issues still addressed: the repeal of the three agricultural laws and the granting of legal …
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NEW DELHI: In a scathing attack on the Center over the farmers‘protests, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said Sunday that for the first time since independence a government so “arrogant” has come to power that it cannot see the sufferings of the ‘annadatas’, and demanded that the new agricultural laws be …
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Farmers unions warned on Friday that they will begin to close all shopping malls and gas pumps in Haryana if the government does not resolve their main demands to repeal three new farm reform laws and a legal guarantee for the MSP in the next round of conversations on January …
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NEW DELHI: Seeking to increase pressure on the government ahead of Monday’s next round of talks, farmers’ unions said on Friday that they would intensify their protests further over the next two weeks, starting on January 6, if their main demands: the repeal of three central agricultural laws and legal …
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NEW DELHI: Resolved in their demands for the repeal of three new agricultural laws and a legal guarantee for a minimum support price (MSP) for crops, protesting farmers unions On Friday, he said they will have to take firm steps if the government does not make a decision in their …
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