NEW DELHI: Although protesting farmers had previously announced that they would intensify their agitation against the three December 14 farm laws, they are likely to do so two days earlier, on Saturday, blocking the Delhi-Jaipur highway. This, even as the government said there was no need for farmers to announce …
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Madhya Pradesh Prime Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approached protesting farmers stationed at the Singhu border near Delhi, stressing that the minimum price support for crops will not be diluted and urging farmers to be flexible in their approach and maintain dialogue with the government. “The MSP will not end, it …
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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 …
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As talks between the government and farmers remain inconclusive, Haryana’s farmer leaders have made it clear that they will continue protests until the three contentious farm laws and a law guaranteeing the MSP for 26 are repealed. crops named by farmers. The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) has also urged Haryana …
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“The Center has admitted that laws have been made for traders. If agriculture is a state issue, the central government has no right to make laws about it,” said Balbir Singh Rajewal, another leader. Thousands of farmers have been protesting at various border points for almost two weeks seeking the …
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Written by Apurva Vishwanath | New Delhi | December 11, 2020 4:15:26 am Farmers shout slogans as they block a road during a protest against new agricultural laws on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border (Photo: AP) Government concessions, offered in an attempt to placate the protesting farmers, effectively dilute key parts …
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A day after farmers rejected the Center’s draft proposal and called for another national shutdown on December 14, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar delivered a press conference Thursday on farm laws. Addressing the press meeting, Tomar said that the agricultural laws were approved by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya …
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Written by Varinder Bhatia | Chandigarh | Updated: December 10, 2020 4:08:42 pm Dushyant Chautala. (Archive) Breaking his silence on the ongoing farmer unrest, Haryana Senior Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala said Thursday that the Center has accepted farmers’ demand to ensure minimum support price (MSP) in writing and it is …
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LIVE updates from farmers ‘protest: Farmers’ leaders on Wednesday rejected the government’s proposal to amend three controversial farm laws and announced that they would intensify their agitation by blocking the Jaipur-Delhi and Delhi-Agra highways by Saturday, and escalating at a national level protest on December 14. Farmers have been protesting …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 6:58:25 pm The sixth round of talks between the government and agricultural union leaders, which was scheduled for Wednesday morning, was also canceled. With the farmers protests on the borders of Delhi showing no signs of abating, on …
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