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Even as the fifth round of talks between the farmers leaders and the Central government is still going on, farmers at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur border vowed to celebrate Republic Day there on January 26 if the government does not accept their demand to repeal the three agri laws and guarantee the minimum support price (MSP). ....
Amid the ongoing farmer agitation, BJP Bihar chief Sanjay Jaiswal on Monday attacked the Congress, saying the party was like a "leech which turns restless if it does not get blood", and was instigating the farmers. ....
Around 1.20 lakh farmers from Haryana have written a letter to the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar showing their support towards the farm laws and demanded that they shouldn't be withdrawn.....
Hundreds of Delhi Congress activists on Tuesday staged a protest and stopped traffic near the Income Tax Office (ITO) chowk in the national capital in support of the 'Bharat Bandh' called by the farmers against three farm laws. ....
Despite the continuation of talks with the central government, the call for a Bharat Bandh appears to be a political conspiracy, said the Centre's leading ministers on Tuesday. When MSP will continue as before and the mandis will also remain, what is the issue then, they ask. Opposition parties are trying to mislead and provoke gullible farmers, allege the ministers. ....
Amid the 'Bharat Bandh', which is being supported by the Congress and almost the entire opposition, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said he agreed that some reforms were needed which should be first discussed in Parliament.....
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday urged the leaders of the farmers' unions continue dialogue and find an amicable solution to the issues related to the new farm legislations. ....
Farmers across district headquarters in Punjab and Haryana on Monday started their day-long hunger strike against the new farm laws, saying their protests would continue till the central government repeals the three "black laws". ....
The agitation of farmers against the three agricultural laws passed by the Centre continued for the 20th successive day. Farmers have been staging a dharna on the Capital's borders in protest against the three agricultural laws brought in by the government. Now, the farmers are warning to again block the Chilla border that had re-opened for the last few days. ....
The farmers' agitation against the farm laws entered the 44th day on Friday with the groups showing no signs of budging from their stand ahead of the eighth round of talks with the government slated to take place later in the day. ....