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Punjab Assembly Passes Seven Bills
The Punjab assembly on Friday passed seven bills with a voice vote during a specially convened one-day session amidst the coronavirus pandemic.....
Hundreds Of Farmers Block Highways In Punjab, Haryana As They Wage Protests Against Three Agriculture-related Bills
Angry over three agriculture-related Bills, hundreds of farmers blocked major highways in parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday to demand that the proposed laws should not be pursued in Parliament. ....
Anti-farmer BJP Acting Like Kauravas Against Farmers: Surjewala
The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying to the farmers of the country and said that the ruling party is behaving like the Kauravas of the Mahabharat and the grand old party is standing with the farmers who are fighting like Pandavas. ....
Rajya Sabha Passes Two Farm Bills Amid Pandemonium
The Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed two Farm Bills amid a pandemonium due to protests by opposition members.....
Navjot Singh Sidhu To Join Protests To Support Farmers' Cause
Going vocal against the BJP-led Central government and supporting farmers' agitation against agriculture Bills, former Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said he would join protests in his constituency Amritsar (East). ....
Rahul Gandhi Dubs Farm Bills 'big Blunders', Demands Withdrawal
Amid protests by farmers across the country over the three agriculture-related Bills passed by Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the proposed legislations as "big blunders" and demanded their immediate withdrawal. ....
Farm Bills: Punjab Youth Congress Workers Protest At India Gate, Set Tractor On Fire
A day after President Ram Nath Kovind signed the Agriculture Bill's and made them laws, the Punjab Youth Congress workers on Monday set ablaze a tractor in the high security India Gate area to protest against the contentious legislation. ....
Prime Minister Is Doing Grave Injustice To Farmers: Sonia Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Prime Minister on new farm laws which have been enacted. In a video statement, she said the Prime Minister was doing grave injustice to farmers by implementing the black laws. ....
Agitated Farmers Block Highway Leading To Delhi From UP
Scores of agitated farmers on Thursday blocked the National Highway-9, leading to the closure of a key flyover which connects Uttar Pradesh to the national capital in a bid to show their resentment against the three farm laws. ....
Farmers' Protest: Bundelkhand Farmers To Join Stir In Delhi
The Bundelkhand Kisan Union (BKU) has announced its support to the farmers' demand for convening a special session of Parliament to repeal the Centre's three farm laws.....
