Two anti-farmer parties have joined hands, says Congress, berating AAP and BJP governments’ action against farmers
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Two anti-farmer parties have joined hands, says Congress, berating AAP and BJP governments’ action against farmers

The Hindu  

The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi joined Congress MPs from Punjab protesting within the Parliament complex against the forcible eviction of farmers from the Sambhu and Khanauri protest sites on the Punjab border. Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party for their action against farmers, Congress president and LoP in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said two “anti-farmer” parties had joined hands. पहले किसानों को पंजाब सरकार ने बातचीत के लिए बुलाया, फ़िर उनको जबरन धरना स्थल से हटाया। पंजाब पुलिस द्वारा वरिष्ठ किसान नेता श्री जगजीत सिंह डल्लेवाल और श्री सरवन सिंह… pic.twitter.com/iHZsoVuiny — Mallikarjun Kharge March 20, 2025 “The country has not forgotten - Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, when farmers were fired upon during BJP rule. “Whether it is Modi Ji’s promise of MSP to farmers or Aam Aadmi Party’s swift implementation of the three black laws in Delhi, both these parties have betrayed our farmers of the country,” he added.

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AAP, BJP stand for corporate interests, say farmers’ groups, deciding to intensify protests
1 week ago

AAP, BJP stand for corporate interests, say farmers’ groups, deciding to intensify protests

The Hindu  

After all 28 leaders of the protesting farmers who attended a discussion with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on various issues, including the demand for statutory Minimum Support Price, were arrested on Wednesday, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha-Non Political blamed both the Bharatiya Janata Party -led Union government and Aam Aadmi Party -led Punjab government …

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calls BJP and AAP ‘anti-farmer’ parties
1 week ago

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calls BJP and AAP ‘anti-farmer’ parties

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party of being “two anti-farmer parties joining hands against the country’s food providers”. The Punjab Police dismantled the protest sites at the Punjab-Haryana border on Wednesday and detained several farmer leaders, including Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on an indefinite fast, and Kisan Mazdoor …

AAP defends police action, Opposition says farmers backstabbed
1 week ago

AAP defends police action, Opposition says farmers backstabbed

Hindustan Times  

The Aam Aadmi Party strongly defended the police action against the protesting farmers at Shambhu and Khanauri, citing the financial impact of the agitation on the state. AAP MP Malvinder Singh Kang said the Punjab borders were blocked for over a year, leading to significant economic losses, reduced investments and a decline in tourism, and called for a collaborative and …

AAP Government Criticised for not Implementing Schemes for Delhi Farmers
2 months, 3 weeks ago

AAP Government Criticised for not Implementing Schemes for Delhi Farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a major political face-off, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan criticised the AAP government for not implementing the Centre’s schemes for the farm sector in Delhi. In her rebuttal, the Delhi chief minister said, “The BJP talking about farmers is like Dawood giving a sermon on non-violence… The condition of farmers has never been as bad as …

'Why Is BJP So Arrogant?' Arvind Kejriwal Hits Out At Shivraj Singh Chouhan Over Letter To CM Atishi
2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Why Is BJP So Arrogant?' Arvind Kejriwal Hits Out At Shivraj Singh Chouhan Over Letter To CM Atishi

ABP News  

The Aam Aadmi Party has hit back at Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after he sent a letter to Delhi CM on the "plight of farmers" in Delhi. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal pointed out that farmers in Punjab have been protesting and sitting on an indefinite hunger strike for several days with no response from the BJP. पंजाब …

Centre-Delhi face-off | BJP, AAP accuse each other of acting against farmers’ interests
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre-Delhi face-off | BJP, AAP accuse each other of acting against farmers’ interests

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi is not implementing Union government policies for farmers in Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, accusing AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal of cheating farmers. Punjab’s AAP Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann emphasised that the farmers’ demands are primarily aimed at the Union government, not the State government. ‘Unfulfilled promises’ Responding to the allegations, …

Punjab AAP leaders meet Jagjit Dallewal, extend support to farmers
3 months ago

Punjab AAP leaders meet Jagjit Dallewal, extend support to farmers

India Today  

Extended their support to the farmers' demands, a delegation of Punjab's ruling AAP on Wednesday met farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal at Khanauri protest site and urged him to take medical treatment saying that his health is "important". Speaking to reporters after meeting Dallewal, Aman Arora said due to "wrong policies" of the Centre, farmers had to carry out a …

Farmers Protest | AAP delegation raises Dallewal issue with Punjab Governor
3 months ago

Farmers Protest | AAP delegation raises Dallewal issue with Punjab Governor

The Hindu  

A delegation of the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday raised the issue of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's fast-unto-death with Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and urged him to intervene and press the Centre to initiate talks with the protesting farmers. AAP MPs including Raghav Chadha from Punjab on Friday staged a protest outside Parliament, demanding immediate action from the …

Punjab CM Mann politicising paddy procurement issue to divert attention from AAP’s failure, says BJP’s Chugh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab CM Mann politicising paddy procurement issue to divert attention from AAP’s failure, says BJP’s Chugh

Hindustan Times  

National general secretary of BJP Tarun Chugh on Saturday accused chief minister Bhagwant Mann of politicising paddy procurement to divert people’s attention from the AAP government’s “failures” in Punjab. Campaigning for party nominee from Gidderbaha seat Manpreet Singh Badal, Chugh called upon the electorate to vote for the saffron party in the forthcoming bypolls to begin a new political era …

Prem Garg vows to develop Panchkula-Barwala as industrial hub
6 months ago

Prem Garg vows to develop Panchkula-Barwala as industrial hub

Hindustan Times  

In an apparent dig at his rival from Congress, Chander Mohan, Aam Aadmi Party candidate Prem Garg on Thursday announced that instead of making hollow promises of turning Panchkula into Paris, the AAP will develop the city into a world-class industrial and business park. As soon as the Congress government comes, all problems and demands will be met on priority.” …

Farm outfits fear the return of communal politics in Punjab
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Farm outfits fear the return of communal politics in Punjab

The Hindu  

Though Punjab voted emphatically against the BJP, farmer groups are worried that the victory of two independent candidates, Amritpal Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, may polarise the society on communal lines. They also believe that had ruling Aam Aadmi Party acted decisively on issues such as drug menace, price rise and farmers’ problems, the Congress and AAP could have won …

BJP’s Gurdaspur nominee Babbu faces farmers’ wrath
11 months ago

BJP’s Gurdaspur nominee Babbu faces farmers’ wrath

Hindustan Times  

Farmers on Sunday protested against BJP candidate Dinesh Babbu in Batala and party leader Arvind Khanna in Barnala as the saffron party leaders continued to face their wrath over their “unmet” demands. In Fatehgarh Churian in Batala, a group of farmers on Sunday raised slogans against Babbu, who is the BJP nominee from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. Reacting to the …

INTERVIEW| Farmers disillusioned with political parties, but will continue their fight: Rakesh Tikait
11 months, 1 week ago

INTERVIEW| Farmers disillusioned with political parties, but will continue their fight: Rakesh Tikait

New Indian Express  

Asked what would be his advice for farmers and his community, the prominent Jat leader said, “We have told people to vote as per their conscience." He also said that at that time, the BJP, as the main opposition party, had made many promises to the farmers and there was hope that they would bring some changes. Voting happens based …

'BJP Approached Us With...': AAP Leaders Claim As Punjab MP, MLA Jump Ship
1 year ago

'BJP Approached Us With...': AAP Leaders Claim As Punjab MP, MLA Jump Ship

ABP News  

New Delhi: Just a few days ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, AAP MLA from Jalalabad, Goldy Kamboj, along with two fellow party leaders, convened a joint press conference on Wednesday where they alleged that the BJP had approached them with offers of Rs 20-25 crores each to defect from AAP and join the BJP. This accusation surfaces on the …

In poll season, Punjab parties walk on eggshells around farmers’ stir 2.0
1 year ago

In poll season, Punjab parties walk on eggshells around farmers’ stir 2.0

Hindustan Times  

When thousands of farmers from Punjab started their Delhi Chalo march on February 13 to press for legally guaranteed minimum support price on all crops, farm loan waiver and other demands, they were aiming for a rerun of their 2020-2021 stir that had forced the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre to repeal its three contentious farm …

AAP, Congress aiming for political mileage out of farmers’ stir: Sunil Jakhar
1 year ago

AAP, Congress aiming for political mileage out of farmers’ stir: Sunil Jakhar

Hindustan Times  

Training his guns on the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress, Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party president Sunil Jakhar on Friday said that the two parties had colluded to orchestrate the farmers’ agitation with an aim to “gain petty political mileage”. Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party president Sunil Jakhar said that chief minister Bhagwant Mann is trying to create a distraction by holding …

Eyeing poll dividends AAP government in Punjab goes soft on farmers
1 year, 1 month ago

Eyeing poll dividends AAP government in Punjab goes soft on farmers

Hindustan Times  

Much like Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in 2020, the present Aam Aadmi Party regime has adopted a similar tactic of going soft on protesting farmers and ensuring there was no hindrance to their mobilisation across the state. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann not only facilitated the farmers’ first round of talks with the Centre but has also openly supported …

‘BJP shows anti-farmer face again’: Congress on Haryana sunflower farmers’ stir
1 year, 9 months ago

‘BJP shows anti-farmer face again’: Congress on Haryana sunflower farmers’ stir

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party government has once again displayed its anti-farmer face by ordering a baton charge on the sunflower farmers, who were demanding a minimum support price for their produce, in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Delhi, Congress leader and member of Parliament Deepender …

Govt’s of traditional parties ruined Punjab’s youth, farmers: Bhagwant Mann
1 year, 10 months ago

Govt’s of traditional parties ruined Punjab’s youth, farmers: Bhagwant Mann

Hindustan Times  

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday held a road show in Shahkot and Adampur assembly segments in favour of Aam Aadmi Party candidate Sushil Kumar Rinku in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha byelection. Mann on Friday held a road show in Shahkot and Adampur assembly segments in favour of Aam Aadmi Party candidate Sushil Kumar Rinku in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha …

Farmers’ movement, a catalyst for change
3 years ago

Farmers’ movement, a catalyst for change

The Hindu  

The AAP’s brute majority in Punjab has largely been made possible by its spectacular performance in the Malwa region where the AAP won 66 of 69 seats. Lokniti’s post-poll survey finds that even as the AAP had a huge lead over its opponents among both farmers and those not connected with farming, it did slightly better statewide among the farmer …

The farmer’s jigsaw: movement fails to impact outcome in U.P.
3 years ago

The farmer’s jigsaw: movement fails to impact outcome in U.P.

The Hindu  

The year-long farmers’ protest against the three farm laws was expected to play a decisive role in a State like Uttar Pradesh where farmers make up an important voting bloc, given that over two-thirds households are engaged in farming activities. As Table 1 highlights, the BJP-led alliance secures a 13 percentage points lead over the SP among the voters belonging …

UP Election 2022: New headache for BJP? Farmer union's big statement over PM Modi's 'promises'
3 years, 1 month ago

UP Election 2022: New headache for BJP? Farmer union's big statement over PM Modi's 'promises'

India TV News  

UP Election 2022: New headache for BJP? Farmer union's big statement over PM Modi's 'promises' The SKM was referencing the minimum support price, among several other assurances that were provided to the farmers by the BJP government. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Tuesday, in a press conference in Lakhimpur Kheri, alleged that the BJP-led central government has not worked for …

BJP Reaching Out to Farmers’ Union in a Bid to Counter RLD’s Growing Clout Among UP Jats
3 years, 2 months ago

BJP Reaching Out to Farmers’ Union in a Bid to Counter RLD’s Growing Clout Among UP Jats

News 18  

In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the consolidation of Jat votes in the western part of the state ensured a massive win for the BJP, but the party is facing a challenge from the Rashtriya Lok Dal, which got a new lease of life during the farmers’ agitation. The BJP maintains that not all Jats are with the RLD, …

Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal says he has proof of AAP selling tickets in Punjab
3 years, 2 months ago

Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal says he has proof of AAP selling tickets in Punjab

Op India  

Balbir Singh Rajewal, founder of Bhartiya Kisan Union and the political front of farmer unions Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, has alleged he has proof that Aam Aadmi Party is selling tickets in Punjab. AAP wants to take Punjab water to Delhi.” On the contrary, Raghav Chadha, co-in-charge, AAP Punjab, refuted the allegations that his party was taking money to distribute tickets …

Punjab Elections: Why the 'Farm Unions' Party' Has Its Task Cut Out
3 years, 2 months ago

Punjab Elections: Why the 'Farm Unions' Party' Has Its Task Cut Out

The Quint  

Rajewal had supported AAP in the 2017 elections and he is said to have been in negotiations with the party this time as well. There was strong speculation among the farm unions that the AAP has offered the CM post to Rajewal and the deputy CM post to Harmeet Kadian. AAP, being non-committal on the CM's chair as well as …

Farmers asked to name MSP panel members
3 years, 3 months ago

Farmers asked to name MSP panel members

The Hindu  

Moving forward on the Prime Minister’s promise to set up a committee to discuss minimum support prices for crops among other issues, the Centre has informally asked protesting farm unions to suggest five names to be part of the panel. On November 19, the Prime Minister said a committee would be formed “to promote zero budgeting based agriculture, to change …

AAP govt supports pending demands of farmers: Arvind Kejriwal
3 years, 4 months ago

AAP govt supports pending demands of farmers: Arvind Kejriwal

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday congratulated farmers on the success of their movement, and said their victory is the victory of democracy and the AAP government supports their demands. The Delhi Assembly on Friday passed a resolution seeking repeal of the three farm laws, compensation to families of over 700 farmers who died during protests and legal guarantee …

UP election: Farmer unions hold panchayat at CM Yogi Adityanath's bastion, campaign against BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

UP election: Farmer unions hold panchayat at CM Yogi Adityanath's bastion, campaign against BJP

India Today  

Ahead of next year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, farmer unions are trying to penetrate into the Purvanchal area with the aim to sensitise the locals about the three contentious farm laws and campaign against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the protesting farmers' unions, on Tuesday held a panchayat at Sahjanwa area of …

Farmer Unions 'Hold Campaign' Diktat Miffs Punjab Political Parties
3 years, 6 months ago

Farmer Unions 'Hold Campaign' Diktat Miffs Punjab Political Parties

News 18  

The diktat by Samyukt Kisan Morcha to put on hold election campaigns till formal announcement of dates for Punjab Assembly polls is made, has not gone down well with political parties with differences even said to be emerging amongst farm unions over the issue. Opposition parties like the Shiromani AKali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party have expressed fears that …

Rakesh Tikait says farmers will oust BJP govt if it doesn't repeal new farm laws
3 years, 7 months ago

Rakesh Tikait says farmers will oust BJP govt if it doesn't repeal new farm laws

India TV News  

Farmers will oust the BJP government if it does not repeal the contentious agricultural laws and enacts a legislation guaranteeing minimum support price for crops, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said on Monday. Tikait, the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, made the remarks as he held a meeting with the BKU's office-bearers from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Himachal …

It's not BJP's govt, Centre run by companies: Rakesh Tikait at Panchayat Aaj Tak
3 years, 7 months ago

It's not BJP's govt, Centre run by companies: Rakesh Tikait at Panchayat Aaj Tak

India Today  

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait Friday said that the Centre is not run by the Bharatiya Janata Party, but by companies. "It's not a government of the BJP, it's a government of companies," Tikait said. "The farmer movement is of farmers and it's not a political movement," said Tikait in an exclusive conversation at Panchayat Aaj Tak. On questions …

Ahead of assembly election, farmers' protest causes problems for BJP in Punjab
3 years, 8 months ago

Ahead of assembly election, farmers' protest causes problems for BJP in Punjab

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is having a difficult time in Punjab as anger among the farming community against its leadership and the Centre’s three contentious farm laws expands. The latter’s decision to break the partnership has meant that a party which once enjoyed the support of stalwarts like former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal is now struggling to find Sikh …

BKU Leader Chaduni Wants Farmers’ Unions to Enter Poll Fray in Punjab
3 years, 8 months ago

BKU Leader Chaduni Wants Farmers’ Unions to Enter Poll Fray in Punjab

News 18  

Bharti Kisan Union leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni, a major face in the ongoing farmers’ agitation, fuelled fire into Punjab’s political scene by vouching for farmer unions to give up their apolitical stance and enter electoral politics in Punjab. Reacting to this, Punjab BJP leader Harjeet Grewal said his earlier stand that the farmers’ real agenda was power behind the agitation …

'Farmers' uproot paddy from BJP leader’s land in Punjab
3 years, 8 months ago

'Farmers' uproot paddy from BJP leader’s land in Punjab

Op India  

On July 2 a group of protesting ‘farmers’ destroyed paddy from 1.5 acres of land that is owned by BJP leader Harjeet Singh Grewal in his native place in the Dhanaula village of Barnala district of Punjab. The so-called farmers, which included women, entered the BJP leader’s field on Friday afternoon, uprooted the paddy saplings and later ploughed the entire …

‘Apolitical Farmer leaders’ to campaign against BJP in West Bengal
4 years ago

‘Apolitical Farmer leaders’ to campaign against BJP in West Bengal

Op India  

The so-called farmer leaders, who have now established a permanent colony of brick and mortar houses outside the Delhi border, have at last left all the pretence of being ‘apolitical’. Although Tikait said that he will appeal to the voters of Bengal to vote against the BJP, he claimed that he is not supporting any political party in the assembly …

'Farmers Not Protesting Out of Happiness': Haryana Ally JJP's MLA Questions Govt Over Agri Laws
4 years ago

'Farmers Not Protesting Out of Happiness': Haryana Ally JJP's MLA Questions Govt Over Agri Laws

News 18  

Dissenting voices in Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janta Party - BJP’s alliance in Haryana, have become shriller after party’s MLA from Tohana Assembly Devender Singh Babli expressed resentment over political boycott of MLAs. Urging the government to resolve the matter as soon as possible, Babli stated that the farmers’ issue is not in the interest of the country or state. His …

Farmers demand a law on MSP, repeal of three agriculture-marketing laws
4 years, 1 month ago

Farmers demand a law on MSP, repeal of three agriculture-marketing laws

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday reiterated farmers’ demand for a law on MSP for crops along with the repeal of the three agriculture-marketing laws and said that business over hunger will not be allowed in the country. Desh mein bhook se vyaapaar karne walon ko baahar nikaala jaaega,” Mr Tikiat said at Ghazipur border, which …

Farmers’ protests | Union leaders blame BJP for attacks on protesters at Delhi
4 years, 1 month ago

Farmers’ protests | Union leaders blame BJP for attacks on protesters at Delhi

The Hindu  

The BJP on Saturday came under sharp criticism from farmer outfits and political parties, a day after violence broke out at Delhi’s Singhu border during a protest reportedly by ‘locals’ seeking to evict agitating farmers from the protest site. “Delhi Police personnel as well as “goons” of the BJP were involved in state terrorism by attacking the farmer camp at …

Farmers’ protest | SC-appointed panel members not on the side of any party or the govt: Anil Ghanwat
4 years, 2 months ago

Farmers’ protest | SC-appointed panel members not on the side of any party or the govt: Anil Ghanwat

The Hindu  

Members of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on farm laws will not let their personal views on these Acts come in the way of their deliberations with various stakeholders, key committee member Anil Ghanwat said on January 19, while asserting that they are not on the side of any party or the government. After their first meeting in New Delhi, Mr. …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal’s voice is missing in farmers’ stir
4 years, 2 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal’s voice is missing in farmers’ stir

Deccan Chronicle  

It was on the day the farm bills were passed in the Lok Sabha that the Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union minister for food processing, announced her resignation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet in September 2020. But television news channels supporting the Narendra Modi government have tried to build a counter-narrative that the Congress was using the “Khalistanis” …

Opinion | Farmers must not become pawns in the hands of political parties
4 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | Farmers must not become pawns in the hands of political parties

India TV News  

The five-hour-long meeting between the Centre and farmer leaders in Delhi on Friday did not yield any breakthrough as the farmers’ representatives stuck to their single demand for scrapping of the three new farm laws, while the Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar offered clause-by-clause discussion on these legislations. The Union ministers asked what were their apprehensions, and the farmer leaders …

‘Farmers’ who had sent defamation notices turn out to be AAP leaders
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Farmers’ who had sent defamation notices turn out to be AAP leaders

Op India  

Some of the ‘farmers’ who had sent legal notices for defamation to actress Kangana Ranaut, Union Minister Raosaheb Danve and BJP MPs Ravi Kishan, Manoj Tiwari and Ramesh Bidhuri have turned out to be AAP workers. Important: As promised, AAP helps following farmers send legal notice to those discrediting the farmers’ protest- Jeevan Jyot Kaur to Kangana Ranaut Narinder Singh …

Those Calling Protesting Farmers Anti-nationals Should Go to Pakistan, AAP's Raghav Chadha
4 years, 3 months ago

Those Calling Protesting Farmers Anti-nationals Should Go to Pakistan, AAP's Raghav Chadha

News 18  

AAP leader and spokesperson Raghav Chadha Monday said whoever is calling the farmers protesting against the new agriculture-marketing laws as "anti-nationals" are themselves against the country, and they should go to Pakistan. The AAP MLA said there are some people referring to the agitating farmers, who are the country's food-providers, as "anti-nationals". Reacting to Chadha's comments, Delhi BJP spokesperson Virender …

Farmers stage sit-in on Delhi-Jaipur highway; Narendra Tomar accuses Oppn of 'propaganda' against new laws
4 years, 3 months ago

Farmers stage sit-in on Delhi-Jaipur highway; Narendra Tomar accuses Oppn of 'propaganda' against new laws

Firstpost  

Meanwhile, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he will observe a day-long fast on Monday in solidarity with the protesting farmers Farmers from Rajasthan and some other places gathered in large numbers on the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Rewari for their march towards Delhi and sat in protest on the Delhi-Jaipur national highway as the Haryana police put up barricades …

Desperate to Score Brownie Points with Farmers, Oppn Jumps on Protest Bandwagon for Relevance
4 years, 3 months ago

Desperate to Score Brownie Points with Farmers, Oppn Jumps on Protest Bandwagon for Relevance

News 18  

New Delhi: While the government drags its feet over farmers’ demand for repeal of the three reforms-oriented Farm Acts, several political parties opposed to the National Democratic Alliance have jumped on the agitating farmers’ bandwagon. When three rounds of talks with central government ministers failed to yield results, the protesting farmers, who have laid a siege to Delhi, gave a …

Farmers' protest: Ahead of Bharat Bandh, BJP terms Opposition's support to agitation 'shameless double standard'
4 years, 3 months ago

Farmers' protest: Ahead of Bharat Bandh, BJP terms Opposition's support to agitation 'shameless double standard'

Firstpost  

Ahead of Tuesday’s Bharat Bandh, protesting farmers at Delhi’s Singhu border have appealed for peace, and clarified that no shops and establishments will be forcibly closed on account of the bandh Ahead of the Bharat Bandh called by farm leaders protesting against the farm laws, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused Opposition parties of “politicising” the farm …

AAP to Hold Peaceful Demonstration in Support of 'Bharat Bandh', Says Gopal Rai
4 years, 3 months ago

AAP to Hold Peaceful Demonstration in Support of 'Bharat Bandh', Says Gopal Rai

News 18  

The Aam Aadmi Party will hold a peaceful demonstration in the national capital on Tuesday in support of the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by farmer unions protesting on Delhi’s borders demanding the repeal of the Centre’s new agri-marketing laws, said party leader and Delhi minister Gopal Rai. “The AAP will hold a peaceful demonstration on December 8 in support of the …

Congress unit in Uttarakhand says BJP rubbing salt on farmers’ wounds
4 years, 3 months ago

Congress unit in Uttarakhand says BJP rubbing salt on farmers’ wounds

Hindustan Times  

The Congress unit in Uttarakhand on Monday accused the BJP government in the state and the ruling party of being insensitive to the farmers’ protest while hosting a “grand welcome for its national president JP Nadda”. Congress’ Uttarakhand President Pritam Singh during press conference at party headquarters in Dehradun on Monday “Today the farmers are braving the cold in the …

Amid farmers' protest, Sunny Deol's message for the world: 'It's between us'
4 years, 3 months ago

Amid farmers' protest, Sunny Deol's message for the world: 'It's between us'

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sunny Deol on Sunday cautioned the global community amid the raging farmers' protest in the country. Our government always thinks of the betterment of farmers and I am sure that the government will ensure the right outcome after holding talks with farmers," he said. Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana continue to be at various …

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