NEW DELHI: Government offer to speak, reiterated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, couldn’t cut ice with farmers unions opposing the new agricultural laws as they continued to press for their central demand of “repeal of three laws” and alleged that the Center aimed to frustrate farmers without offering anything concrete. …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday he renewed his attack on opposition parties for “diverting” those who agitated against new agricultural laws, single out Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for “denying” PM-Kisan profit to farmers of 70 lakh and accuse the Left Front of spreading discontent in Punjab without …
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NEW DELHI: On Thursday the government again invited protesting farmers’ unions to dialogue, but made it clear that it would not be “logical” to include any new related demands on the agenda minimum support price (MSP), which is out of reach of three new agricultural laws. In a three page …
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NEW DELHI: Old Congress President Rahul gandhi on Thursday he said the government should convene a joint session of Parliament and withdraw the new agricultural laws. “I want to tell the prime minister that these farmers will not come home until these farm laws are repealed. The opposition parties support …
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NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: Dramatically upping the ante while rejecting the Center’s proposals as “pointless amendments”, agricultural unions agitated on Wednesday saying talks could be restarted only if all three are repealed new agricultural laws was on the agenda and added a revised cost of production demand that will increase …
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NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: Dramatically upping the ante while rejecting the Center’s proposals as “pointless amendments”, agricultural unions agitated on Wednesday saying talks could be restarted only if all three are repealed new agricultural laws was on the agenda and added a revised cost of production demand that will increase …
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NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday he said the government is ready to make the necessary changes to the draft proposal on the new agricultural laws and hoped to resume the dialogue with him farmers. Meanwhile, the farmers’ unions also expressed their willingness to resume …
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NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: The group of 40 protesting farmers ‘unions, which previously participated in talks with the Center, decided unanimously on Tuesday to respond to their proposal for additional talks on Wednesday, marked nationwide as’Kisan diwas‘, and reiterate their demand for the repeal of the three new agricultural laws. …
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Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Chandigarh | December 21, 2020 10:23:54 pm Arhtiyas claim they are being targeted for supporting the farmer’s protest. For the past week, Arhtiyas in Punjab have been receiving summons and notices from the income tax department. In addition, there have been IT raids on …
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NEW DELHI: Farmer leaders On Monday he said that they are always ready for dialogue as long as the government offers a “concrete solution”, but said there is nothing new in the Center’s latest letter to them seeking a date for the next round of talks. The leader of the …
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