Congress Foundation Day: All you need to know about the history of the grand old party
The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by retired British Indian Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume as a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians.
Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Robert Vadra
The Congress on December 28 celebrated its 136th Foundation Day at its headquarters in Delhi even though party president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi gave the event a miss.Senior leader AK Antony unfurled the flag at the AICC headquarters in the presence of senior leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Ex-PM Manmohan Singh, Pawar favoured farm reforms but failed to implement them: Tomar
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False narratives about new farm laws hurting farmers interests: Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar
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New Delhi: Kaushik Basu, one of Indiaâs top economists, has been critical of the three new farm laws passed by the Modi government, calling them âflawedâ and âdetrimental to farmersâ.
But turns out, Basu, as Indiaâs Chief Economic Advisor in the UPA government, had favoured similar if not the same reforms.
Over the last few days, Basu has trashed the reforms on Twitter and also in a newspaper article.
“Our agriculture regulation needs change but the new laws will end up serving corporate interests more than farmers,” he said in a tweet.
Iâve now studied Indiaâs new farm bills & realize they are flawed & will be detrimental to farmers. Our agriculture regulation needs change but the new laws will end up serving corporate interests more than farmers. Hats off to the sensibility & moral strength of Indiaâs farmers.
New farm laws essential for long-term sustainability of agriculture, promoting private participation in farming The Centre needs to convince the farmers of the short and long-term benefits of these new laws, and ensure that reforms in the agriculture sector are here to stay Anand Kochukudy December 17, 2020 17:14:30 IST Representational image. Reuters
With the farmers’ agitation entering the third week and an no breakthrough in sight, there has been greater scrutiny on the three farm laws passed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. Even as the government has expressed its willingness to amend these laws to make them more palatable, the farmers are demanding nothing short of a total repeal.