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Published: Sunday, January 31, 2021, 22:48 [IST]
Chandigarh, Jan 31: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday met farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur border and presented him with a siropa (robe of honour), as he assured his party s support to the farmers movement.
Badal said Tikait had made the farming community proud by following the footsteps of his father Mahendra Singh Tikait, a towering farmer leader, a party statement said.
He reminisced about the joint battles of Mahendra Singh Tikait and SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal for the welfare of the peasantry, it said.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief also met the families of farmers whose next of kin had been missing since January 26, besides those whose relatives have been incarcerated for supporting the farmers protest, the statement said.
Farmers Protest Highlights: 44 arrested for violence at Singhu border, says Delhi Police Jan 29, 2021 / 11:11 PM IST
Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The Delhi Chalo farmers agitation has entered the 65th day. Delhi s border points at Tikri and Singhu remain under heavy police deployment in the aftermath of the violence that broke out during a tractor parade by farmers in the national capital on Republic Day.
Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The Delhi Chalo farmers protest at border points of New Delhi has entered the 65th day today. Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab and Haryana, are staging a sit-in protest along Delhi borders. The protest started on November 26. The farmers are demanding a complete rollback of the new farm reform laws and a guarantee on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system being retained. Multiple rounds of talks between the Centre and the farmers’ union leaders have ended in a stalemate. Protesting farmers fear that the new laws will dis
Published: Saturday, January 30, 2021, 17:19 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 30: Raising concerns over the three new farm laws, NCP President Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the legislation will adversely affect the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and weaken the mandi system.
Sharad Pawar
Pawar said he virtually participated in the all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which issues related to the proposed agenda for the Budget session, farmers agitation, women s bill and other important issues were discussed.
The farmers have been seeking repeal of three farm bills: Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.