The modalities of the protest, which includes a jail bharo stir too, will be discussed and finalised at the Congress Legislature Party meeting, Siddaramaiah said.
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The farming community has been up in arms against what they see as an attempt to strike at the root of their livelihood
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As per a study by the Karnataka Agricultural Prices Commission, nearly 75% of farmers in Karnataka are below the poverty line, if income from agriculture alone is taken into account.
The farming community has been up in arms against what they see as an attempt to strike at the root of their livelihood
Indian farmers, instead of ploughing the land and harvesting produce, are on the streets as the year draws to a close, expressing resentment against the ruling class. When the whole economy was crippled and the GDP had shrunk by a whopping 24%, agriculture marked a growth rate of 3.4%, beating the bottlenecks imposed by the pandemic during the first quarter of 2020.
Tackling an existential crisis
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An informal alliance with the BJP will suit the JD(S) which is seeing an apparent decline
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H.D. Kumaraswamy.
An informal alliance with the BJP will suit the JD(S) which is seeing an apparent decline
Responding to rumours in Karnataka about the Janata Dal (Secular) merging with the Bharatiya Janata Party, JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy publicly denied this, adding that his real political innings will commence in 2023. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa of the BJP separately endorsed the merger denial statement. Public posturing apart, Mr. Kumaraswamy appears to be taking his party closer to the Yediyurappa government. Some of his recent decisions in this regard are worth scrutinising.
Amendment to Karnataka Land Reforms Act: what govt, opposition say
The amendments allow non-agriculturists to buy agricultural land in the state. Successive governments have in recent years gradually diluted land ownership norms under the Land Reforms Act to facilitate industrial growth and agricultural land ownership by non-farmers. Updated: December 19, 2020 9:16:18 am
In the Karnataka House.
The opposition Congress has called amendments to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act 1961 which were passed in the state legislature last week by the BJP government with the support of the opposition Janata Dal (Secular) a “death warrant” for farmers.
The amendments allow non-agriculturists to buy agricultural land in the state. Successive governments have in recent years gradually diluted land ownership norms under the Land Reforms Act to facilitate industrial growth and agricultural land ownership by non-farmers.
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