Tag: farmers protest
Farmers Perform 'puja' At Ghazipur Border, Lash Out At Modi Govt
The Modi government's latest attempts to persuade the farmers agitating at the Delhi-Haryana-UP borders for the last seven days against the three Union farm laws, failed to achieve a breakthrough. ....
RJD Denied Permission To Stage Protest At Gandhi Maidan
The Patna district administration has rejected the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) application for staging demonstration at Gandhi maidan, in protest against the Centre's farm laws, which have triggered massive outrage across the country. ....
Govt Ready To Give Written Assurance On MSP, Changes In Farm Laws: Reports
With the fifth round of talks between the Centre and farmer leader set to begin on Saturday afternoon, the Union government is learnt to have decided to give a written assurance on MSP, and also agree to amend the contentious three new farm laws enacted in September. ....
Farmers Ready To Celebrate Republic Day At Borders If Govt Doesn't Accept Demands
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). ....
Farmers' Protest: AAP Workers Will Participate In Bharat Bandh, Says Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday extended support to the farmers' 'Bharat Bandh' call and assured that his party workers and supporters would participate in the 'peaceful' protest. ....
Congress Is Like Leech, Instigating Farmers: Bihar BJP Chief
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. ....
'Govt Cannot Muzzle The Voice Of Farmers': Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav was put under undeclared house arrest on Monday morning and by afternoon he was arrested and taken away by Uttar Pradesh Police. ....
Bharat Bandh: 1.20 Lakh Haryana Farmers Support New Farm Laws
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Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar showing their support towards the farm laws and demanded that they shouldn't be withdrawn.....
Delhi Congress Protests In Support Of Bharat Bandh, Disrupts Traffic
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. ....
Supporting Bharat Bandh Shows Hypocrisy Of Political Parties, Say Top Ministers
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. ....
