Amid farm protests, BJP-JJP suffer civic poll jolt in Haryana

31 Dec 2020

Following the debacle in the Baroda byelection held recently, the BJP-JJP alliance witnessed defeat in mayoral elections as it lost two out of three seats. Haryana Jan Chetna Party’s contestant Shakti Rani Sharma emerged as winner in the Ambala mayor election, defeating the BJP candidate with a huge margin of...

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...

OVER 1,500 TELECOM TOWERS VANDALISED IN PUNJAB, FARM LEADERS DENY THEIR ROLE

30 Dec 2020

With more than 1,500 mobile phone towers having been vandalised in Punjab amid protests over the three farm laws, farmer leaders at the agitation site on the Delhi border on Tuesday appealed that these vital infrastructure should not be damaged. Denying any role in the damaging the telecom towers, farmer...

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...

Leaders of 25 farmer groups meet Tomar, support new farm laws

29 Dec 2020

Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest on Delhi’s borders, representatives of around 25 farmer organisations on Monday gave a memorandum to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in support of the new farm laws. “Today representatives from different farmers’ organisations from all over the country gave memorandum in support of the...

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...

PM MODI FLAYS OPPOSITION, SAYS FARM LAWS NOT MADE OVERNIGHT

19 Dec 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday criticised the Opposition for misleading farmers to oppose the three farm laws, claiming that these laws have not been introduced overnight, and that the Centre and state governments had detailed discussions on these reforms over the last 20 to 30 years. “Farm Laws have...