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Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Saturday accused the Centre of not holding any discussions with the farmers on the farm laws, who have been protesting at the national borders since November last year.

By Mansee Bal Bhargava* The current farmers protest in India is inching towards the first anniversary mark pertaining to the several issues identified by the farmers on the enactment of three new farm bills as Farms Acts on September 27, 2020. As a tribute, this article is about a lesser talked subject in the protests:…

Congress Bittu, SADs Harsimrat have a verbal spat in Parliament over farm bills ANI | Updated: Aug 04, 2021 13:10 IST New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, a heated argument broke out between Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu and SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday when the former accused the latter of getting the farm laws enacted while she was a minister in the Union Cabinet, and added that she doing drama ov...

VM Singh chairs meeting of farmers delegation amid uproar over Centres three farm laws ANI | Updated: Aug 04, 2021 13:11 IST New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): VM Singh National Governor of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan of Monday chaired a meeting of a farmers delegation amid uproar over Centres three farm laws. Over 100 farmers organisations have participated in the meeting. The Opposition has been forcing adjournments in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...

New Delhi, July 30 Eight parties, including the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Left, BSP, RLP, NCP, Shiv Sena and NC on Friday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding a joint parliamentary committee probe into the number of deaths during the farmers’ agitation and also sought Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar’s apology for saying the “government had no knowledge of farmers’ deaths” during the nine-month-long Kisan Andolan. “We urge you to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee...

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar speaks in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. NEW DELHI, July 27: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday took a swipe at the protesting Opposition members in Lok Sabha, saying if they are concerned about farmers, then they should allow the House to function. He made the remarks while replying to a supplementary query related to an insurance scheme for farmers during the Question Hour...

Updated: Jul 26, 2021, 09:30 AM IST Farmers, protesting Centre’s three farm laws since November last year, in Haryana’s Jind will carry out a tractor rally in the city on Independence Day, August 15, said farmer leader Bijendra Sindhu.    "Tractor rally with tableaus would be held in the entire city (Jind) on August 15. Both the national flag and ‘Kisan’ flag will be mounted on tractors,” Sindhu said, news agency ANI quoted. He added that they have decided that they will not allow a...

Highlights The farmers will hold the tractor rally in Jind city They will send a route plan proposal for the rally to the district commissioner before the event BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has also supported the Jind farmers’ tractor rally Jind: Farmers in Haryana`s Jind district will organise a tractor rally along with tableaus in the entire city on the occasion of Independence Day in protest against the Centre`s farm laws, said farmer leader Bijendra Sindhu, adding that they have decided not t...

Rahul Gandhi drives tractor to Parliament, says brought farmers message ANI | Updated: Jul 26, 2021 11:24 IST New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday drove a tractor to reach Parliament in protest against the three farm laws. Extending support to farmers who have been agitating against the new agricultural laws, the Wayanad MP told media persons, "I have brought farmers message to Parliament. They (The government) are supp...

URL copied Image Source : PTI Ghaziabad: Farmers coming from Muzaffarnagar, pass through Meerut road as they move towards Ghazipur border to support fellow farmers protesting against three farm reform laws Farmers in Haryanas Jind district will organise a tractor rally along with tableaus in the entire city on the occasion of Independence Day in protest against the Centres farm laws, said farmer leader Bijendra Sindhu on Sunday, adding that they have decided n...