Published: Saturday, December 19, 2020, 18:08 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 19: The dharna launched by the mayors and other leaders of the BJP-ruled municipal corporations of Delhi in front of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s residence was called off after 13 days on Saturday.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri serves juice to protestors agitating outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s residence
The protesters, who were on an indefinite fast for the last three days, were offered juice by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta and the co-incharge of the party s city unit, Alka Gurjar. These mayors and leaders were not protesting for themselves or the party, they were protesting because dues of Rs 13,000 crore have not been paid and the salaries of the sanitation workers and other employees of the municipal corporations are affected, Puri said.
There were three demands MSP (minimum support price) should not be taken away, mandis should stay and nobody should in a clandestine manner usurp the farmers land and all these have been granted, he added. There has been a big misunderstanding. we are willing to sit with anyone and sort this out, Puri added.
The minister, who also holds the civil aviation portfolio, expressed confidence that by the end of December and the first quarter of 2021 (January-March) we will be back to pre-COVID levels .
He said that all the normal civil aviation operations were closed when India went in for a lockdown in March and reopened on May 25, with just 30,000 passengers a day.
Union Minister Puri joins Punjab BJP senior leaders, discusses farmers concerns ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 09:05 IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri joined senior leaders of Punjab from BJP unit to interact with farmers over video conference and discussed their concerns over the three farm laws. Our farmer sisters and brothers, including those from Punjab, have played a pivotal role in Green Revolution and towards India s effort to attain food security, Joined senior leaders of BJP Punjab unit
to interact with farmers &discussed the concerns they have regarding the farm bills Puri said while interacting with farmers on their concerns over farm bills at a virtual Kisan Sammelan.
Govt willing to sit with farmers to sort out issues: Hardeep Singh Puri
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere have been protesting at various border points of Delhi, including Singhu and Tikri, for over a fortnight, demanding that the Centre repeal the three new farm laws.
By: PTI | New Delhi |
Housing & Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. (File)
The government is willing to sit with the farmers protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws and sort out the issues, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere have been protesting at various border points of Delhi, including Singhu and Tikri, for over a fortnight, demanding that the Centre repeal the three new farm laws.
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