Tag: farmers
AIKSCC Convener V.M. Singh Quits Farmers' Protest
All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) convener V.M. Singh on Wednesday announced to quit the ongoing farmers' protest - the first leader to distance himself from the agitation as it entered the 63rd day. ....
Emotional Rakesh Tikait Refuses To Surrender, Alleges Conspiracy
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday broke down at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur farmers protest site, alleging that the administration was trying to crush their movement. ....
AAP Leaders, Ministers Visit Protesting Farmers At Delhi Borders
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Cabinet ministers in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, visited the protesting farmers at all three borders of Delhi on Friday. ....
Protesting Farmers Hold 'Sadbhavna Diwas', Begin One-day Hunger Strike
Farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Saturday in protest against new farm laws. ....
Govt Proposal To Suspend Farm Laws Still Stands: PM Modi At All-party Meet
During the all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, ahead of the Budget session of Parliament, the Prime Minister said that the government still stands by the proposal given to the protesting farmers of suspending the three contentious farm laws for 18 months. ....
Country Sad Over Insult Of Tricolour On Jan 26: PM Modi
In his first remarks on the violence and vandalism on Republic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country was sad to "see the insult to the Tricolour". ....
Modi Plans To Give Assets To Crony Capitalist Friends: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Centre for not providing cash transfers to the poor in the Union Budget, and said the Modi government was planning to give the country's assets to a few capitalists. ....
Congress MP, Punjab Ministers Meet Amit Shah Over 'missing' Farmers
With more than 100 farmers from the state going 'missing' after the Republic Day violence in Delhi, Punjab ministers led by Sukhjinder Randhawa and Member of Parliament Manish Tewari on Monday met Home Minister Amit Shah here to seek his intervention to known about their whereabouts. ....
115 Farmers Lodged In Delhi Jails: CM Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that he has received a list of farmers who have been put in different jails in Delhi after the Republic Day incident. ....
Farmers' Unions To Meet On Feb 5 To Form New Strategy For Protest
The farmers' unions protesting at the Singhu border against the three Central farm laws will hold a meeting on February 5 to decide the next course of action for the ongoing agitation, Satnam Singh Pannu, President (Punjab), Kisan Majdoor Sangharsh Committee, told IANS on Wednesday. ....
