First gathering at her residence since the lockdown in March
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of senior leaders including some members from group of 23 (G-23) dissenters at her residence on December 19 to discuss the upcoming Assembly elections, ongoing farmers’ agitation and the government skipping the winter session of Parliament, a senior leader of the party said on Thursday.
This will be the first time that party leaders will meet the Congress president in person at the 10 Janpath residence since the lockdown. All meetings were so far conducted virtually ever since COVID-19 restrictions came in at the end of March.
The Government of India is always committed to farmers welfare, PM Modi said
Kutch (Gujarat):
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed support yet again for his government s controversial farm sector laws that has had protesting farmers camping at the borders of Delhi for nearly 20 days. The government has made it clear that would not scrap the farm laws, which is the principal demand of the farmers, resulting in a deadlock and escalation of protests. The agriculture reforms that have taken place are exactly what farmer bodies and even opposition parties have been asking over the years, the Prime Minister said today, reiterating the government s claim that the opposition is now instigating and misleading the farmers.