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...

300 REPUBLIC DAY ARTISTES RESCUED AFTER BEING STRANDED AT RED FORT

27 Jan 2021

Around 300 artistes including children who were part of the Republic Day parade were rescued after they got stranded at the Red Fort on Tuesday after a section of anti-farm law protestors turned violent and some protestors broke barriers and entered the Mughal era monument. DCP (North) Anto Alphonse said:...

AFTER CAPITAL CHAOS ON R-DAY, FARM UNIONS CALL OFF TRACTOR MARCH

27 Jan 2021

After violent clashes with between the police and the protesting farmers in the national capital on Tuesday, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) called off the Republic Day tractor rally and appealed to the protesters to immediately return to their respective protest sites. The SKM in a statement, “Samyukt Kisan Morcha...

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...

Govt’s apathy claims 60 farmers’ lives, repeal ‘anti-farm’ laws: Rahul

06 Jan 2021

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has attacked the government a day after the seventh round of talks with the farmer unions did not achieve any breakthrough. The eighth round of talks is scheduled for 8 January. Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said, “Modi govt’s apathy and arrogance have claimed lives of...

NO BREAKTHROUGH IN TALKS AS FARMERS REMAIN ‘ADAMANT’ ON COMPLETE ROLLBACK

05 Jan 2021

After the eighth round of talks, the Centre could not reach any “solution” as the farmer unions remained “adamant” over repealing of three farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Monday. “We wanted farmer unions to discuss three laws clause-wise. We could not reach any solution as...

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...

Farmers to hold tractor rally on 6 January if Monday talks fail

02 Jan 2021

Farmers’ organisations under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, after a meeting at the Singhu border, on Friday said that if the talks with the government on 4 January fail then they will intensify the protest and hold a tractor rally on 6 January. Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) general secretary Harinder Singh...

BJP’s lone Kerala MLA backs resolution against farm laws, then backtracks

01 Jan 2021

Kerala’s lone BJP lawmaker, whose win marked the party’s debut in the state four years ago, on Thursday stirred up a controversy when he backed a resolution against the Centre’s farm laws that was unanimously passed in the state Assembly. Shortly after his speech in the Assembly favouring the laws,...

KERALA DOING ‘FUTILE’ EXERCISE BY PASSING RESOLUTION AGAINST FARM LAWS: MINISTER MURALEEDHARAN

01 Jan 2021

NEW DELHI: As the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution against the three contentious farm laws brought by the Centre on Thursday, V Muraleedharan, Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs has said that it is a “futile exercise” because the law has been passed by the Parliament. “Kerala Assembly is...