Tag: farm laws
Farmers across the nation will mark Sunday, December 20, as ‘Shradhanjali Diwas’ to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the ongoing protests against the agriculture bills. Prayer meetings will be organised to recognise the sacrifices made by farmers since the protests started, farmers’ leaders have said, reiterating their demand for a rollback of the farm bills.....
Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar's track record as a leader of farmers would help the National Democratic Alliance, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said on Monday. ....
Paying tribute to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his birth anniversary, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted that PM Narendra Modi drew inspiration from the late leader and would not let interests of farmers to be hurt.....
Congress general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders were taken into preventive custody by the Delhi Police after they tried to march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind. ....
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday came down heavily on the Modi government over the three farm laws that thousands and thousands of farmers have been agitating against at the borders of the national capital for almost a month now. ....
Farmers' organisations under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, after a meeting at Singhu border, on Friday said that if the talks with the government on January 4 fail then they will intensify the protest and hold a tractor rally on January 6.....
A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde on Monday toughened its stand on the farm laws and said the court has made up its mind to stay the implementation of the three farm laws, which have led to the protest by thousands of farmers at various Delhi borders. ....
Farmer leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to suspend the three farm laws but said they will not leave the protest site till the three laws were repealed. ....
A day after the Supreme Court put a stay on the implementation of the three Central farm laws, the Bar Council of India (BCI) claimed on Wednesday that "90 per cent of the farmers are not in favour of the protests". ....
Farmer leader Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four members on the committee appointed by the Supreme Court to talk with farmers on the three new central farm laws, has stepped down, the BKU said on Thursday. ....