Farmers on hunger strike today, block Delhi-Jaipur highway as Centre mulls date for talks| 10 points
Farmers on hunger strike today, block Delhi-Jaipur highway as Centre mulls date for talks| 10 points
Farmers protesting against the Centre s three new farm laws blocked the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway on Sunday even as the central government expressed hope that the conflict will be resolved after the next round of talks to be held soon.
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UPDATED: December 14, 2020 00:41 IST
Barricades at Singhu border to prevent agitating farmers from entering national capital photographed on Sunday (Photo Credits: PTI)
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Chilla (Delhi-Noida) was opened for traffic movement on Sunday after 12 days of closure
Tomar targets Opposition parties over farmers stir, says it has become their nature to oppose
India
Updated: Monday, December 14, 2020, 12:57 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 13: As farmers protest entered the third week, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday accused Opposition parties of running a propaganda against the new farm laws and asserted that these legislations may cause difficulty for some in the short term but will be beneficial to farmers in the long run.
Narendra Singh Tomar
Tomar, who is leading negotiations with the 40 protesting farmer unions to break the deadlock, was addressing a delegation of over 100 farmers from Uttarakhand who came to extend their support to the laws.