'Don't Think Punjab's Farmers are Weak': Ally Akali Dal Slams BJP as Rajya Sabha Debates Farm Bills
4 years, 3 months ago

'Don't Think Punjab's Farmers are Weak': Ally Akali Dal Slams BJP as Rajya Sabha Debates Farm Bills

News 18  

Shiromani Akali Dal’s Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral slammed the Centre over the two farm bills in the Upper House on Sunday and warned the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party against taking the farmers’ protests lightly. If in Punjab farmers are oppressed, then Akali Dal will always stand by them.” Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the lone SAD member in PM Modi’s cabinet that cleared the bill, resigned as Union minister on Thursday in a dramatic protest against the bills. Addressing a virtual press conference here, senior SAD leader and former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra said, “It is unfortunate that even after we expressed our concerns to the BJP and conveyed the sentiments of the farming community to its central leadership, it did not address the issue.” “We, however, will not fail in our duty towards farmers and will continue to strive to ensure justice for them and Punjab,” he said. The chief minister, in a statement here, said SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal had been fabricating lies on farm bills, which have been completely exposed.

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Accept farmers’ demands: Harsimrat Badal in Parliament
1 week, 1 day ago

Accept farmers’ demands: Harsimrat Badal in Parliament

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Akali Dal leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday appealed to the Union government to accept the farmers’ demands, including legal guarantee for minimum support price, to save the life of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the 21st day on Monday. Raising the issue of Dallewal’s health in the Parliament, Harsimrat said Prime Minister …

Address protesting farmers’ demands urgently: Aman Arora
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Address protesting farmers’ demands urgently: Aman Arora

Hindustan Times  

Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab president Aman Arora on Friday appealed to the central government to urgently address the demands of farmers protesting at Shambhu and Khanauri borders and warned it against actions that could escalate tensions. Arora, while expressing solidarity with the protesting farmers, criticised the Haryana government for imposing prohibitory orders and lobbing teargas shells at farmers who were …

Akhilesh Yadav accuses BJP of betraying farmers,youth and traders
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh Yadav accuses BJP of betraying farmers,youth and traders

Hindustan Times  

Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of betraying farmers, youth and traders, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has said its government at the Centre will not last long. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav says farmers are not getting the right price for their crops. The delegation included Bharatiya Kisan Union’s Baghpat district in-charge Vinod Kumar, district vice-president Harendra Tyagi, district …

Eyeing poll dividends AAP government in Punjab goes soft on farmers
10 months, 1 week 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 …

Farmers' protest, Delhi Chalo Highlights: Farmers to resume 'Delhi Chalo' march tomorrow, claim 100 protesters injured
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers' protest, Delhi Chalo Highlights: Farmers to resume 'Delhi Chalo' march tomorrow, claim 100 protesters injured

India Today  

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said that his party is the "sole and long-standing champion of farmers’ rights and has always stood by them". He wrote on X, "Shiromani Akali Dal is the sole and long-standing champion of farmers’ rights and has always stood by them. We also demand that Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann must …

Farmer anger will test PM Modi as voting ends in India’s Punjab
2 years, 10 months ago

Farmer anger will test PM Modi as voting ends in India’s Punjab

Al Jazeera  

Voters in the northern Indian state go to the polls in state assembly elections seen as a test for Modi’s BJP party. Voters in the northern Indian state of Punjab have cast their ballot in the state assembly elections seen as a barometer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party’s popularity ahead of general elections in 2024. Pitched against …

Punjab polls: Akali Dal only Punjab-based party, AAP and Cong remote-controlled by Delhi, says Sukhbir Badal
2 years, 10 months ago

Punjab polls: Akali Dal only Punjab-based party, AAP and Cong remote-controlled by Delhi, says Sukhbir Badal

Firstpost  

Talking to PTI, the Akali Dal chief also said that the BSP is a much better ally than the BJP and ruled out the possibility of coming together with the saffron party again Raikot/Jhunir: Underscoring that Shiromani Akali Dal has a presence in every village of Punjab and can understand people’s aspirations better than anyone, its chief Sukhbir Badal says …

Punjab Assembly elections | Farmers are not swayed by parties born out of their agitation
2 years, 10 months ago

Punjab Assembly elections | Farmers are not swayed by parties born out of their agitation

The Hindu  

The 13-month-long farmers’ agitation against the Narendra Modi government is not a talking point in this Punjab election. The political parties born out of the agitation — Balbir Singh Rajewal’s Samyukta Samaj Morcha and Gurnam Singh Charuni’s Samyukt Sangharsh Party — are getting a tepid response. At Ughrahan village, home to the Bharatiya Kisan Union ’s Joginder Singh Ughrahan, who …

AAP govt supports pending demands of farmers: Arvind Kejriwal
3 years 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 …

Our core constituency, farmers, still intact; Modi saab should repeal farm laws: Parkash Singh Badal
3 years, 2 months ago

Our core constituency, farmers, still intact; Modi saab should repeal farm laws: Parkash Singh Badal

Hindustan Times  

The grand old man of Punjab politics, 93-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch and five-time Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has set his eyes on yet another political battle of his seven-decade-long career. He meets people of Lambi and surrounding constituencies three days a week and is often visited by the leaders of Akali Dal and its new ally Bahujan …

Badals at root of problem, co-conspirators of Centre's anti-farmer agenda: Amarinder Singh
3 years, 3 months ago

Badals at root of problem, co-conspirators of Centre's anti-farmer agenda: Amarinder Singh

India TV News  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ridiculed the SAD's decision to form a panel to hold talks with farmers, saying no overtures can absolve the Badals of their responsibility in "thrusting the draconian farm laws" on the farming community. Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday had put on hold for six days his party's poll outreach …

‘Choice of words inappropriate but strictness was needed’: Haryana CM on Karnal official’s 'crack farmers' heads' remark
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Choice of words inappropriate but strictness was needed’: Haryana CM on Karnal official’s 'crack farmers' heads' remark

Firstpost  

Karnal Sub-divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha was caught on camera purportedly telling police to break the heads of agitating farmers Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday accused the Amarinder Singh government in Punjab, besides the Congress and the Left, of fueling farmers’ unrest against the Centre ’s three farm laws in his state. On Karnal SDM Ayush Singh, …

Manohar Lal Khattar hits out at Punjab CM, accuses him of 'fueling farmers unrest' in Haryana
3 years, 3 months ago

Manohar Lal Khattar hits out at Punjab CM, accuses him of 'fueling farmers unrest' in Haryana

India Today  

A war of words has erupted between chief ministers of Haryana and Punjab over the farmers’ agitation. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday hit out at his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh for seeking his resignation over the police action against farmers protesting against the farm laws in Karnal on Saturday. This comes days after the Punjab chief minister …

High drama outside Parliament as Ravneet Bittu, Harsimrat Kaur engage in verbal spat over farm laws
3 years, 4 months ago

High drama outside Parliament as Ravneet Bittu, Harsimrat Kaur engage in verbal spat over farm laws

India TV News  

There was high drama outside Parliament when Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu and Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal engaged in an intense verbal spat on Wednesday. The two leaders were seen arguing with each other over the three farm laws passed by Parliament last year. Harsimrat Badal had quit as Food Processing Minister from the Narendra Modi Cabinet …

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Congress's Ravneet Bittu engage in verbal spat outside Parliament over farm laws | Watch
3 years, 4 months ago

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Congress's Ravneet Bittu engage in verbal spat outside Parliament over farm laws | Watch

India Today  

Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal engaged in a verbal spat with Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu outside Parliament on Wednesday over the three contentious farm laws. While Harsimrat Kaur Badal alleged that Congress ran away when the farm bills were being passed in Parliament, Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged that the bills were passed when the SAD leader was …

Ahead of assembly election, farmers' protest causes problems for BJP in Punjab
3 years, 5 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 …

Hold fresh talks with farmers, Akali Dal tells Centre
3 years, 6 months ago

Hold fresh talks with farmers, Akali Dal tells Centre

The Hindu  

Former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday asked Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar to hold fresh talks with farmers agitating against the three new farm laws. Urging the NDA government to be sensitive to the pain and anguish of farmers, Mr. Badal said: “It is shocking that the NDA government is effectively …

'BJP must be taught a lesson': Protesting farmers to hold meetings across Bengal urging people to defeat saffron party
3 years, 9 months ago

'BJP must be taught a lesson': Protesting farmers to hold meetings across Bengal urging people to defeat saffron party

Firstpost  

Farmer leaders are likely to attend the mahapanchayats in Kolkata’s Bhowanipore, and in Nandigram on Saturday. Similar events will be held in Singur and Asansol on Sunday Farmers leading the sustained protests against the Centre’s farm laws at Delhi’s borders have shifted focus to the poll-bound state of West Bengal. While the saffron party is bolstered by the gains made …

Opposition MPs prevented from meeting farmers at Ghazipur border
3 years, 10 months ago

Opposition MPs prevented from meeting farmers at Ghazipur border

The Hindu  

A delegation of 15 Opposition Members of Parliament on Thursday went to the Ghazipur border to see the situation at the farmers’ protest site, heavily barricaded by the Delhi Police, and meet those protesting against the three Central farm laws for more than two months. Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who coordinated the visit, said because of unprecedented …

Farmers’ protests | Union leaders blame BJP for attacks on protesters at Delhi
3 years, 10 months 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 …

Shun your ego and accept farmers' demands: Sukhbir Badal to Centre
3 years, 11 months ago

Shun your ego and accept farmers' demands: Sukhbir Badal to Centre

India TV News  

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday asked the BJP-led Centre to shun the "ego" and accept the demand of farmers of repealing the three farm laws. "It is shameful to see that the central government is adamant on its stand and not ready to repeal farm laws as per the demand of farmers," he said. Thousands of farmers, mostly …

'They Aren't Anti-nationals': Sukhbir Badal Says NIA Summons to Farm Leader an Attempt to 'Intimidate'
3 years, 11 months ago

'They Aren't Anti-nationals': Sukhbir Badal Says NIA Summons to Farm Leader an Attempt to 'Intimidate'

News 18  

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal accused the Central government of intimidating the farmers through central agencies after the National Investigation Agency summoned Farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa and Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu among 40 others yesterday. And after failure of talks for the 9th time, it’s absolutely clear that GOI is only trying to tire out farmers,” Sukhbir …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal’s voice is missing in farmers’ stir
3 years, 11 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” …

‘Farmers’ who had sent defamation notices turn out to be AAP leaders
3 years, 11 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 …

Opinion | Who is misleading Punjab farmers by resorting to false propaganda?
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | Who is misleading Punjab farmers by resorting to false propaganda?

India TV News  

In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Tuesday night, farmers from remote areas revealed how Left activists in Punjab went from village to village in recent months and mobilized farmers to join the march to Delhi to demand repeal of the new farm laws. The farmer also narrated how Left party workers circulated pictures of elderly Sikh farmers …

Punjab CM, SAD Attack BJP for Calling Agitating Farmers Urban Naxals
3 years, 11 months ago

Punjab CM, SAD Attack BJP for Calling Agitating Farmers Urban Naxals

News 18  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP over the malicious and derogatory terms allegedly used by its senior leaders against protesting farmers. It is reprehensible that the Punjab BJP unit has fallen so low that it is calling Punjab farmers urban Naxals. Chief Minister Singh hit out at BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh …

Dilli Chalo| Opposition terms PM’s allegation against them a ‘travesty of truth’
4 years ago

Dilli Chalo| Opposition terms PM’s allegation against them a ‘travesty of truth’

The Hindu  

Opposition parties have said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegations against them of “spreading lies” on the farm laws is a “travesty of truth”. Put the farm laws on hold, uphold farmers' rights The signatories to a joint statement include former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar, chairperson of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration Farooq Abdullah, DMK leader …

Opinion | Farm laws: Did Congress, Akali Dal, Shiv Sena take a ‘U’ turn?
4 years ago

Opinion | Farm laws: Did Congress, Akali Dal, Shiv Sena take a ‘U’ turn?

India TV News  

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Kutch, Gujarat, that farmers are being misled by some political parties on the three new farm laws. Today, after walking out of the government and NDA, Sukhbir Singh Badal is alleging that the three farm laws are ‘anti-farmer’ and BJP as a party is an enemy of farmers. On Tuesday, he tweeted: …

Arvind Kejriwal flip-flops on farm laws: AAP's 2017 Punjab manifesto promised amending APMC Act
4 years ago

Arvind Kejriwal flip-flops on farm laws: AAP's 2017 Punjab manifesto promised amending APMC Act

India TV News  

The Aam Aadi Party led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is opposing the Modi government's three farm laws. However, Kejriwal's latest stand on the farm laws differ from what his party promised in the election manifesto in 2017 for Assembly elections in Punjab. Back in 2017, the Aam Aadmi Party had in its manfesto for the Punjab Assembly elections …

Political impact of the farmer unions’ Delhi siege and Modi government’s deceitful games
4 years ago

Political impact of the farmer unions’ Delhi siege and Modi government’s deceitful games

The Hindu  

“Once again it is getting proved that when agrarian India gets agitated the citadels of power tremble. Now, I think, I am getting a more proximate view of a similar movement.” This is how Colonel Subhash Chandra Deswal, a progressive farmer based in Sikandrabad in western Uttar Pradesh, views the larger political import of the farmers’ agitation, especially its impact …

BJP is real 'tukde-tukde gang', trying to set Punjabi Hindus against Sikhs: Sukhbir Badal
4 years ago

BJP is real 'tukde-tukde gang', trying to set Punjabi Hindus against Sikhs: Sukhbir Badal

India Today  

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has accused the BJP of trying to fan communal tensions in Punjab. Hitting out at the BJP, his party's former ally, over the farm bills and the central government's handling of the farmers' protest, Sukhbir Badal said the BJP has "smashed national unity to pieces". It has smashed national unity to pieces, shamelessly …

Kejriwal Woos Farmers With Eye on Punjab Polls, But What About His Responsibility Towards Delhi Voters?
4 years ago

Kejriwal Woos Farmers With Eye on Punjab Polls, But What About His Responsibility Towards Delhi Voters?

News 18  

Two famous thinkers of the last century had almost common comment to make on politics, which said, “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” The first person to be attributed this quote is Sir Ernest John Pickstone Benn, a British publisher, writer and political …

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

Bharat Bandh: Shiromani Akali Dal Appeals to Punjabis to Support 'Fight for Justice' on Dec 8
4 years ago

Bharat Bandh: Shiromani Akali Dal Appeals to Punjabis to Support 'Fight for Justice' on Dec 8

News 18  

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday appealed to Punjabis to support the ‘Bharat Bandh’ on December 8 called by farmer unions against the new farm laws. Stating that “the fight for justice” had now become a fight of the ‘annadaata’ against the central government, the Shiromani Akali Dal chief said, “I am confident that the mass agitation will force …

No breakthrough in India’s talks with protesting farmers
4 years ago

No breakthrough in India’s talks with protesting farmers

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The Indian government and protesting farmers were unable to reach common ground in talks held Tuesday, with the farmers saying their demonstrations against new agriculture laws will continue as will their blockades of key highways. The farmers have since camped along at least five major highways on the outskirts of New Delhi and have said they won’t …

What agitating farmers want, and why the Centre may not oblige
4 years ago

What agitating farmers want, and why the Centre may not oblige

India Today  

The scale of the November 26 protest march by 20-odd farmers’ groups of Punjab to New Delhi has perhaps taken both central agencies as well as the Punjab leadership of the BJP by surprise. The Haryana government’s police deployment to try and stop the agitating farmers from marching towards Delhi led to a war of words between the state’s chief …

’An insult’: Sanjay Raut on farmers being treated as ’terrorists’, called ’Khalistani’
4 years ago

’An insult’: Sanjay Raut on farmers being treated as ’terrorists’, called ’Khalistani’

Live Mint  

Hitting out at the Modi government for preventing farmers from entering the national capital, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that it was an insult that farmers have been treated like "terrorists" and they are even being called "Khalistani". While speaking to reporters, the Shiv Sena leader said, "The way farmers have been stopped from entering Delhi, it …

Opinion | How politicians, middlemen are misguiding farmers
4 years ago

Opinion | How politicians, middlemen are misguiding farmers

India TV News  

Thousands of agitating farmers from Punjab crossed Haryana on Thursday and are now trying to enter Delhi demanding repeal of the three farm laws enacted by the Centre. Water cannons, tear gas were used to stop farmers at the Haryana-Punjab border near Ambala, but the protesters removed iron barricades, cement barriers, piles of sandbags and even deflated tyres of trucks …

Centre Treating Farmers as 'Enemy of State', Alleges SAD Leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal
4 years ago

Centre Treating Farmers as 'Enemy of State', Alleges SAD Leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal

News 18  

The central government is treating farmers as “enemy of the State”, SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal alleged on Thursday, condemning the use of force to stop them from marching towards Delhi in protest against the Centre’s farm laws. “Using force against farmers on Constitution Day has turned the day a ‘black day’ for ‘annadattas’ of the country,” the Shiromani Akali …

'Today is Punjab's 26/11': SAD Chief Slams Haryana Govt for Trying to Stop Farmers' March to Delhi
4 years ago

'Today is Punjab's 26/11': SAD Chief Slams Haryana Govt for Trying to Stop Farmers' March to Delhi

News 18  

Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday slammed the Haryana government for trying to thwart farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, terming the attempt as Punjab’s 26/11. Haryana has completely sealed its borders with Punjab to prevent farmers from entering the state for their onward march to Delhi to protest against the Centre’s farm laws. Bathinda MP and former …

Angry farmers in India clash with police to protest new laws
4 years ago

Angry farmers in India clash with police to protest new laws

The Independent  

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Priyanka Gandhi Slams Govt Over Farm Bills, Says Farmers Not Getting MSP in UP
4 years, 2 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi Slams Govt Over Farm Bills, Says Farmers Not Getting MSP in UP

News 18  

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre over the new farm laws and alleged that farmers in Uttar Pradesh were forced to sell paddy at a rate lower than the minimum support price. “The BJP government is holding a government Khat Sammelan over the bills which are against the interest of the farmers, …

Punjab Bills pose new challenge for Khattar govt
4 years, 2 months ago

Punjab Bills pose new challenge for Khattar govt

Hindustan Times  

Punjab government’s political push against the Centre’s contentious farm laws is sure to embolden the critics of the Haryana government in the run-up to the November-3 Baroda assembly bypoll. HT Image The Congress-ruled Punjab government’s move of passing Farm Amendment Bills, which pledge minimum support price to farmers and stipulate that those found selling and purchasing paddy below MSP can …

Farm bills: Punjab CM lashes out at Sukhbir Badal, says Akali Dal lost credibility
4 years, 2 months ago

Farm bills: Punjab CM lashes out at Sukhbir Badal, says Akali Dal lost credibility

Live Mint  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh lashed out at SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday over his "persistent politicisation" of the new farm laws and said his “antics and political tirades” will not help the Akali Dal restore its credibility in Punjab. His comments came a day after Sukhbir Badal termed it a "dark day" for the country as President …

Farm Bills: Punjab CM lashes out at SAD; Cong asks party-ruled states to override Centre’s legislations
4 years, 2 months ago

Farm Bills: Punjab CM lashes out at SAD; Cong asks party-ruled states to override Centre’s legislations

India TV News  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh lashed out at SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday over his "persistent politicisation" of the new farm laws and said his “antics and political tirades” will not help the Akali Dal restore its credibility in Punjab. Congress general secretary in-charge of organisation KC Venugopal said in a statement, "Congress president has advised Congress-ruled states …

President Ram Nath Kovind gives nod to three farm bills amid nationwide protests by cultivators, Opposition
4 years, 2 months ago

President Ram Nath Kovind gives nod to three farm bills amid nationwide protests by cultivators, Opposition

Firstpost  

Several parties, including the NDA’s oldest ally SAD, have opposed the Centre’s bills. The SAD on Saturday has parted ways with the BJP over the issue New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave assent to three contentious farm bills that have triggered protests by farmers especially in Punjab and Haryana. According to a gazette notification, the president gave …

President Ram Nath Kovind gives assent to three farm bills
4 years, 2 months ago

President Ram Nath Kovind gives assent to three farm bills

The Hindu  

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave assent to three contentious farm bills that have triggered protests by farmers especially in Punjab and Haryana. According to a gazette notification, the President gave assent to three bills: The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, 2020, The Farmers Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, and The Essential Commodities Bill …

President Kovind gives his assent for 3 farm bills passed by Parliament
4 years, 2 months ago

President Kovind gives his assent for 3 farm bills passed by Parliament

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Even as farmers and opposition parties continue to protest against the controversial farm bills, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent for the three bills passed by the Parliament. The three bills are Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, 2020, Farmers Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and Essential Commodities Bill 2020. Terming …

Akali Dal calls for united front over farm bills, receives Opposition support for quitting NDA
4 years, 2 months ago

Akali Dal calls for united front over farm bills, receives Opposition support for quitting NDA

India Today  

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has called for a united front in 'interest of farmers, farm labour and farm produce traders' as Opposition has backed its decision to exit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. pic.twitter.com/FnCsLzZFgc — Sukhbir Singh Badal September 27, 2020 This comes as major opposition parties including National Conference, Congress, Shiv Sena and the Trinamool Congress, …

Akalis quit NDA, say Centre ignored farmers’ sentiments
4 years, 2 months ago

Akalis quit NDA, say Centre ignored farmers’ sentiments

The Hindu  

The BJP’s oldest alliance partner, the Shiromani Akali Dal, on Saturday announced that it was ending its alliance with the National Democratic Alliance as farmers’ protests continued across Punjab over the new farm sector Bills. According to a party statement issued in Chandigarh, Mr. Badal said the decision to quit the NDA was taken because of the Centre’s stubborn refusal …

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