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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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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Talks between Interior Minister Amit Shah and a select group of farmers’ representatives failed to achieve any progress Tuesday night, with union leaders insisting on their demand for repeal of three new laws and rejecting the proposed government amendment. Some leaders also threatened to boycott the sixth round of talks …
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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. …
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Kamaljeet Gill, chairman of the Delhi Sarvodaya Drivers Association, which is mainly made up of drivers who work with cab aggregators, said he will also join the strike on Tuesday. However, Rajender Soni, general secretary of Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh, and the Delhi Pradesh taxi union, said that many “important” …
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Lok Sabha congressional deputy Adhir Ranjan Choudhury said on Saturday that the government had to accept the demands of protesting farmers’ unions. The Bengal MP also said that farmers’ unions have made Center give in to their demands. Choudhury told ANI: “When Congress opposed the bills against farmers, the ruling …
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At the beginning of the fifth round of talks here in Vigyan Bhawan, the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told a group of 40 representatives from various farmers’ unions that the government is committed to cordial talks and welcomed all comments. positive about new farm laws, sources. said. Later, …
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Farmer groups met with three Union ministers on Saturday for the fifth round of talks amid ongoing protests over the Center’s new farm laws. Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Railways, Trade and Food, Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, who is a …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma, Manraj Grewal Sharma, Raakhi Jagga | Chandigarh, New Delhi | December 5, 2020 4:25:58 am Farmers at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) Having announced its intention to address key farmers’ concerns such as leveling the playing field between …
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After the eight-hour meeting, Tomar said the government will consider all issues on Friday, and so will union leaders, before returning to the table on Saturday. When asked if the government is ready to amend the three contentious laws, he said: “I am not a fortune teller. When we meet …
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