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With their next round of talks with the Centre fixed for January 15, leaders of different farmer organisations on Sunday discussed their strategy to intensify their protest further and other related issues.The protest by farmers on Singhu, .
Hereâs What The 1954 Constitutional Amendment Challenged In Supreme Court To Support Farmersâ Protest Is All About
by M R Subramani - Jan 8, 2021 08:51 AM
Supreme Court of India in Delhi. (Wikimedia Commons)
Snapshot
The farm laws are challenged on the grounds that agriculture is part of the State List, but it is the Centre that formulates agricultural policies.
Thus, it is more likely that the 1954 Act could stand the test of times.
The ongoing protests by a section of farmers in Punjab, Haryana, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan against three legislations enacted by the Narendra Modi government has resulted in the Supreme Court being flooded with petitions for and against the laws.
Priyanka met them at her brother and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi s residence. The MPs Ravneet Singh Bittu, Jasbir Singh Dimpa and others have been protesting at Jantar Mantar since December 7. Many Congress leaders, including Shashi Tharoor and Salman Khurshid have joined their protest to show solidarity with them. Congress MP Jasbir Singh Gill Dimpa said: We will sit here till the farmers protest against the new farm laws continues. The government should withdraw the new farm laws and look into their demands and resolve the matter. Gurjit Singh Aujla said: The Punjab Congress is with farmers from day one and it is our responsibility to support the farmers. the protest will continue till the government takes back its decisions.
Traffic diversion in NCR due to tractor rally, here are the routes to avoid
The tractor rally organised by the farmers unions will start at Ghaziabad and end at Palwal and it will run on the Western Peripheral Expressway. The traffic police is providing updates through tweets to let the people know which roads they should avoid. (Image: ANI)
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Updated: Jan 7, 2021, 10:04 AM IST
As the protesting farmers led by 40 farmer unions are going to run a tractor rally today (January 7), the National Capital Region (NCR) is going to encounter multiple traffic diversions. The rally will run from Ghaziabad to Palwal on the Western Peripheral Expressway.