ABHAY CHAUTALA STEPS DOWN FROM HARYANA ASSEMBLY OVER FARM LAWS

28 Jan 2021

CHANDIGARH: Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) legislator Abhay Singh Chautala on Wednesday resigned from Haryana Assembly over the new farm laws. Chautala arrived in a tractor outside the Vidhan Sabha at Chandigarh to submit his resignation. The Haryana Vidhan Sabha speaker Gian Chad Gupta has accepted the resignation. On January...

Niti Aayog’s RTI reply on farm laws exposes Centre, SAD and AAP: Capt Amarinder

21 Jan 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that with an RTI response exposing the lie of the Centre’s claim on the farm laws having been approved by the high-powered committee on agricultural reforms, it was now obvious that the Akali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had...

AMID PROTESTS 850 ACADEMICIANS SUPPORT FARM LAWS, SAY THESE OPEN MARKET BEYOND ‘MANDIS

02 Jan 2021

’NEW DELHI: Over 850 academicians from different parts of the country have strongly supported the agricultural reform laws brought by the government, saying these Acts seek to free farm trade from restrictions and enable farmers to sell their produce at competitive prices. In a statement, the academicians who also include...

GOVT, FARMERS AGREE ON 2 OUT OF 4 ISSUES, NEXT MEET ON 4 JANUARY

31 Dec 2020

New Delhi: The sixth round of meetings between protesting farmers and the government ended after over five hours with the Centre saying that the two sides had reached consensus on two out of four key issues. The next meeting will take place on 4 January. Addressing the media after the...

AGRICULTURE CAN’T BE RUN FROM DELHI: PAWAR ON FARM LAWS

30 Dec 2020

New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday blamed the Centre of bulldozing three new farm laws without consulting states. The former agriculture minister also asserted that agriculture cannot be run “sitting in Delhi” as it involves farmers toiling in distant villages. The NCP chief’s comment came...

NITI AAYOG MEMBER HAD SOUGHT KEJRIWAL’S VIEW ON FARM LAWS

29 Dec 2020

New Delhi: A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal went to the Singhu border to extend his support to protesting farmers and talked of an open debate on farm laws, an internal communication has come out in which a member of Niti Aayog had sought his feedback on his...

FARMERS TO GO ON 24-HR RELAY HUNGER STRIKE, URGE PEOPLE TO SKIP ONE MEAL ON KISAN DIWAS

21 Dec 2020

Taking a further stringent posture against the Centre’s farm laws, farmer unions on Sunday announced a 24-hour relay hunger strike starting from Monday, and appealed to citizens to skip a meal on 23 December on the occasion of ‘Kisan Diwas’. While addressing a press conference at the Singhu border, Swaraj...

Sonia to hold Congress meet today, G23 talk, farm stir on agenda

19 Dec 2020

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has called for a meeting of senior party leaders on Saturday to formulate the party’s strategy on the current political scenario amid the ongoing farmers’ agitation against farm laws. The meeting will continue for 10 days. The sources said in the meeting “efforts will be...

We’re ready to change whatever is anti-farmer: Gadkari to kisan unions

19 Dec 2020

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari spoke exclusively to The Daily Guardian about the massive farmers’ protest taking place at Delhi’s borders against the new farm laws and how the Modi government only intended to benefit farmers. Excerpts: Q: The farmers’ protest has been going on for 23 days now. How is...

10 farmers’ groups extend support to govt on farm laws

15 Dec 2020

As the ongoing protest against the farm laws continued for the 19th day, a new group of 10 farmers’ unions on Monday extended their support to the Central government over its decision to undertake the necessary amendments in the three contentious farm laws. The support for the government came on...