India's opposition shuns Parliament, backs farmers' demands
3 years, 10 months ago

India's opposition shuns Parliament, backs farmers' demands

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Major Indian opposition parties boycotted the opening day of Parliament’s budget session Friday in solidarity with farmers engaged in a 2-month standoff over new agricultural laws the government refuses to repeal. A statement by the Congress party said 16 opposition parties boycotted the president’s address to Parliament "in full solidarity with the agitating farmers whom the Modi government is trying to defame.” After the violence, three smaller groups among more than 40 farmers’ organizations disassociated themselves from the protest. People living near the farmers’ campsites on the outskirts of New Delhi also are demanding the farmers leave the area due to the disruptions to their businesses and lives.

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Farmers clash with police near New Delhi as protests over crop prices escalate
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Farmers clash with police near New Delhi as protests over crop prices escalate

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Indian police on Friday used …

Delhi braces for another round of farmer protests. What are their demands?
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi braces for another round of farmer protests. What are their demands?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Police are stopping the farmers whereas the farmers want …

Day after rejecting Centre’s proposal, farmers ask for their demands to be accepted
10 months ago

Day after rejecting Centre’s proposal, farmers ask for their demands to be accepted

The Hindu  

Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on February 20 sought that the Centre accept their demands, including a legal guarantee on the minimum support price for crops and farm loan waiver, and said they will head to Delhi on February 21. Talking to reporters at the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday, Mr. Pandher, who represents the Kisan …

Thousands of Indian farmers are marching to New Delhi to renew their demands over crop prices
10 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of Indian farmers are marching to New Delhi to renew their demands over crop prices

The Independent  

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Farmers' collective writes letter to PM Modi, urges action on broken promises and repressive measures
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers' collective writes letter to PM Modi, urges action on broken promises and repressive measures

New Indian Express  

The collective in its letter expressed deep regret over the union government’s approach of not solving the problems promised by the government and has been hesitant to talk with SKM while more interested in dividing farmers groups. The SKM gave call for an Industrial / Sectoral Strike and Grameen Bharat Bandh on February 16, 2024 in support of the 21 …

Farmers' protest: Centre holds talk, tractors march to Delhi, borders sealed | Top updates
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmers' protest: Centre holds talk, tractors march to Delhi, borders sealed | Top updates

Hindustan Times  

Delhi will witness farmers' protest on Tuesday as the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have given a ‘Delhi Chalo’ call over their demands, including the enactment of a law guaranteeing minimum support prices for crops. Gurugram: Police personnel get barricades placed at the Delhi-Gurugram border near Sirhaul Toll Plaza ahead of scheduled march by the protesting farmers, …

From failed talks, violence to deaths, a timeline of farmers' protest as Centre set to repeal all three farm laws
3 years, 1 month ago

From failed talks, violence to deaths, a timeline of farmers' protest as Centre set to repeal all three farm laws

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The announcement made by Modi on Friday to repeal the three contentious farm laws is expected to bring to an end the year-long confrontation between the government and the farmers, which has left more than 700 dead in its wake. November 28, 2020: Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers to hold talks with farmers as soon as they …

Farmers plan tractor rally to Parliament on November 29 as session begins
3 years, 1 month ago

Farmers plan tractor rally to Parliament on November 29 as session begins

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: To observe one year of the movement against the Centre’s three new controversial agricultural laws, about 500 farmers will participate in a “peaceful” tractor march to Parliament every day during the Winter Session, starting November 29. Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the three laws which have been put on hold by the …

'Farmers Not Protesting Out of Happiness': Haryana Ally JJP's MLA Questions Govt Over Agri Laws
3 years, 9 months 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 …

Our government is behind on the climate crisis – it is inexplicable
3 years, 10 months ago

Our government is behind on the climate crisis – it is inexplicable

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And if the people pause for …

Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned after extended discussion on Motion of Thanks on President's address
3 years, 10 months ago

Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned after extended discussion on Motion of Thanks on President's address

Firstpost  

11:53 AM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter All government have stood for agricultural reforms: Modi Reading out a quote by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi said, “Those taking a U-Turn will perhaps agree with him. It is our intention to remove all those handicaps which come in the way of India realising its vast potential at one large common market’.” …

39 Cases Registered Against Protesting Farmers Between Sept-Dec by Delhi Police, Says MHA
3 years, 10 months ago

39 Cases Registered Against Protesting Farmers Between Sept-Dec by Delhi Police, Says MHA

News 18  

The Centre on Monday informed Lok Sabha that 39 cases were registered against the farmers who were protesting demanding the repeal of three Agricultural Laws between September to December 2020. The Delhi police informed the Ministry of Home Affairs that farmers “used force and aggressively indulged in rioting.” Questions were raised by Congress MPs K Muraleedharan, Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Balubhau alias …

No question of closing door on talks with govt about farm laws: Samyukta Kisan Morcha
3 years, 10 months ago

No question of closing door on talks with govt about farm laws: Samyukta Kisan Morcha

India TV News  

There is no question of farmer organisations closing the door on talks with the government, said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Saturday, adding they had noted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statements made earlier in the day about the Centre standing by its offer. In a statement signed by farmer leader Darshan Pal, the SKM said that it would continue to …

Farmers’ protest | In a thaw, Centre offers to put off farm laws for 18 months
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ protest | In a thaw, Centre offers to put off farm laws for 18 months

The Hindu  

Farm union leaders will consider a proposal from the Central government to suspend the implementation of three contentious farm laws for the next one and a half years while a committee is formed to look into their demands. The government was keen to reach a final decision in this meeting, which took place on the day of Gurpurab, and hence …

‘Not Decisive’: Farmers-Govt Talks End, Next Meeting on 19 January
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Not Decisive’: Farmers-Govt Talks End, Next Meeting on 19 January

The Quint  

On the other hand, Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said after Friday’s meeting that the protesting farmers’ demand of repealing the three laws and having an MSP guarantee remain. Tikait reiterated the demand that the government should repeal the three farm laws besides ensuring MSP. "The Opposition will raise this issue in the Parliament, while we will raise the …

Farmers' Protest: Consensus reached over power tarrifs and stubble burning, but deadlock on MSP, repeal of laws remains
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers' Protest: Consensus reached over power tarrifs and stubble burning, but deadlock on MSP, repeal of laws remains

Firstpost  

The Centre proposed forming a committee to deliberate on the farmers’ demands as it ruled out the possibility of repealing the legislations. Deadlock on MSP, repeal of farm laws After nearly five hours of the sixth round of negotiations between three union ministers and a 41-member representative group of thousands of farmers protesting on Delhi borders, agriculture minister Narendra Singh …

Farmers take hard line with Centre on MSP, repeal of laws day before talks; Tomar, Goyal meet Amit Shah
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers take hard line with Centre on MSP, repeal of laws day before talks; Tomar, Goyal meet Amit Shah

Firstpost  

Various organisations affiliated to the Left parties, meanwhile, marched to Raj Bhavan in Bihar’s Capital Patna on Tuesday, demanding the scrapping of the agriculture laws Farmers’ unions on Tuesday told the Centre that their sixth meeting on 30 December should focus on repealing the three agricultural laws. In its letter on Tuesday, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which represents 40 farmer …

Farmers' Protest: Agitators from Western UP at Delhi-Noida Border Submit Detailed Demands to PM Modi through DM
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers' Protest: Agitators from Western UP at Delhi-Noida Border Submit Detailed Demands to PM Modi through DM

News 18  

Farmers demonstrating against the Centre’s new agri laws on Monday performed yoga on the Delhi-Noida Link Road at the Chilla border where they have been camping for 28 days now. At the Dalit Prerna Sthal, farmers belonging to BKU and hailing from various districts of western Uttar Pradesh continued their agitation and submitted a memorandum of their demands addressed to …

Centre calls farmers for meeting over farm laws on December 30 in Delhi
3 years, 11 months ago

Centre calls farmers for meeting over farm laws on December 30 in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Centre on Monday called protesting farmers for a meeting on Wednesday, December 30, in Delhi to discuss the three contentious farm laws, after the farmers’ unions agreed to restart negotiations with the government in a bid to resolve the stalemate. As the protests enter their second month with tens of thousands of farmers hunkering down at the Capital’s borders, …

‘We’re not holidaying at Delhi’s borders, here to seek answers’, says Hannan Mollah
3 years, 11 months ago

‘We’re not holidaying at Delhi’s borders, here to seek answers’, says Hannan Mollah

Hindustan Times  

Farmers camping at various Delhi borders are here not for a “holiday” but to seek answers from the Centre to their grievances, farmer leader Hannan Mollah said on Sunday as he criticised the government for a lack of response to their proposal for talks on December 29. AIKS leader and CPI Polit Bureau member Hannan Mollah addresses media after a …

Parliament session should be called to withdraw farm laws: Rahul Gandhi
4 years ago

Parliament session should be called to withdraw farm laws: Rahul Gandhi

Live Mint  

Senior leaders of the Congress led by former party chief Rahul Gandhi met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday and urged him that a joint sitting of Parliament must be called soon to withdraw the three farm bills. The day saw high drama after senior party leaders including general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were stopped by police and taken to …

Protesting farmers to write to British leaders to stop Johnson\'s Republic Day visit
4 years ago

Protesting farmers to write to British leaders to stop Johnson\'s Republic Day visit

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The farmers’ leaders protesting against the Centre’s three agriculture-related laws have decided to write to British political leaders and MPs to ask them to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- who has been invited to be the chief guest at next month’s Republic Day celebrations -- from travelling to India till their demands are met. In a letter …

Government, BJP firm on farm laws
4 years ago

Government, BJP firm on farm laws

The Hindu  

On a day when the Supreme Court asked the Union government if it was possible to suspend executive action on the three farm related laws till the deadlock with agitating farmers was resolved, the BJP decided to forge ahead with its intensive outreach programme to farmers, explaining the advantages of the laws. Party president J.P. Nadda, who is down with …

Opinion | Farmers’ agitation: Leftists agenda is to denigrate Modi
4 years ago

Opinion | Farmers’ agitation: Leftists agenda is to denigrate Modi

India TV News  

In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Monday night, we showed visuals of women supporters under the banner of Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, a farmers’ wing of CPI, raising objectionable slogans like ‘Modi, Mar Ja Tu’ at the farmers’ dharna site at Shahjahanpur on Rajasthan-Haryana border. It was revealed that the women raising anti-Modi slogans were not farmers, …

Farmers reject govt's proposals, want nothing but repeal of farm laws; to intensify agitation
4 years ago

Farmers reject govt's proposals, want nothing but repeal of farm laws; to intensify agitation

India TV News  

President of Krantikari Kisan Union Darshan Pal on Wednesday rejected the government's proposals on farm laws as they continue to remain firm on their demands of repealing the new farm laws. As thousands of farmers continue to protest at various borders of the national capital demanding the repeal of three new farm laws, the government earlier today proposed to give …

Farmers Reject Govt Proposal, Call Nationwide Dharna on Dec 14, Threaten to Block Remaining Delhi Highways
4 years ago

Farmers Reject Govt Proposal, Call Nationwide Dharna on Dec 14, Threaten to Block Remaining Delhi Highways

News 18  

Farmer leaders on Wednesday rejected the government’s proposal to amend three controversial farm laws, and announced that they would intensify their agitation by blocking the Jaipur-Delhi and the Delhi-Agra expressways by Saturday, and escalating it to a nationwide protest on December 14. Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka, too, said there was nothing new in the government’s proposal, and that it …

Farmers’ stir: Talks between Amit Shah, farmer leaders fail to make breakthrough
4 years ago

Farmers’ stir: Talks between Amit Shah, farmer leaders fail to make breakthrough

Hindustan Times  

Talks between Home Minister Amit Shah and a select group of farmers’ representatives failed to make any breakthrough on Tuesday night with the union leaders insisting on their demand for repeal of three new laws and rejecting the government’s proposal for amendments. After the meeting which ended around midnight, All India Kisan Sabha general secretary and CPI leader Hannan Mollah …

Crowds Of Indian Farmers Gather For Days To Protest New Agriculture Laws
4 years ago

Crowds Of Indian Farmers Gather For Days To Protest New Agriculture Laws

NPR  

Crowds Of Indian Farmers Gather For Days To Protest New Agriculture Laws Enlarge this image toggle caption Manish Swarup/AP Manish Swarup/AP Tens of thousands of farmers manned barricades and blocked highways Friday around India's capital of New Delhi for a ninth straight day, protesting new agricultural laws they fear may hurt their already-meager profits. "We're worried no one will buy …

Farmers, govt fail to break deadlock after 3-hour-long meeting; next meet on Dec 3 - Top Points
4 years ago

Farmers, govt fail to break deadlock after 3-hour-long meeting; next meet on Dec 3 - Top Points

India TV News  

The impasse between farmers and government continued over the new farm laws on Tuesday as representatives of 35 agitating organisations vowed to intensify the stir. At the nearly three-hour-long meeting, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was accompanied by Railways and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, also an MP from Punjab. …

In Pictures: Indian farmers’ rebellion rattles Modi gov’t
4 years ago

In Pictures: Indian farmers’ rebellion rattles Modi gov’t

Al Jazeera  

India’s government has invited protesting farmers for talks, seeking to allay concerns about new laws growers fear could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices, leaving them at the mercy of private buyers. “We are at one of the two national highways that are completely closed coming into Delhi, because tens of thousands of …

India farmers protests: Thousands swarm Delhi against deregulation rules
4 years ago

India farmers protests: Thousands swarm Delhi against deregulation rules

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Tens of thousands of farmers have swarmed India’s capital where they intend to camp out for weeks to protest new agricultural laws that they say could destroy their livelihoods. Manish Rajput/SOPA Images/Shutterstock According to Ashutosh Mishra, the media coordinator of protest organizer All India Kisan Sangharsh Committee, which represents around 200 farming unions, tens of thousands …

Farmers in Karnataka protest in solidarity with Delhi counterparts
4 years ago

Farmers in Karnataka protest in solidarity with Delhi counterparts

The Hindu  

Multiple farmers’ organisations in the State, outraged by the “shabby treatment” meted out to protesting farmers in Delhi, have now threatened to go on a series of strikes in the State from Tuesday. “In my 40 years of public life, I have never seen any government that has ill-treated farmers like enemies of the State, deploying paramilitary forces and not …

BJP alleges Khalistani agenda behind farmers' protests, says Kejriwal 'notified new farm laws in November'
4 years ago

BJP alleges Khalistani agenda behind farmers' protests, says Kejriwal 'notified new farm laws in November'

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday alleged that the Khalistanis and the Maoists have stepped in to propagate under the garb of the farmers’ protests and accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of seeing this as an "opportunity to burn down delhi." Taking to Twitter, BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya said, "Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government has already notified …

Agitating farmers vow to step up protests, reject govt appeal to lift blockade
4 years ago

Agitating farmers vow to step up protests, reject govt appeal to lift blockade

Live Mint  

Thousands of protesting Indian farmers refused to comply with a government appeal to stop blockading major highways into New Delhi on Sunday and vowed to intensify their action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's liberalising reforms. Farmers from states around the capital have been demonstrating for three straight days against reforms that deregulate the sector and allow farmers to sell produce …

Burari an Open Jail, Won’t Go: Highlights From Farmers’ Presser
4 years ago

Burari an Open Jail, Won’t Go: Highlights From Farmers’ Presser

The Quint  

Protesting farmers on Sunday, 29 November, rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s offer for a discussion of their grievances against the Centre’s new farm laws, which was contingent to a change in their protest location. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Saturday, had said: “If farmers’ unions want to hold discussions before 3 December, then I want to assure you …

Data | Farmers, new agriculture laws and government procurement
4 years ago

Data | Farmers, new agriculture laws and government procurement

The Hindu  

On September 27, 2020, the President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to three agriculture 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 2020. The chief concern seems to be the fear of losing government procurement at the Minimum Support Price. In …

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 …

Farm bill protests: All you need to know in 10 points
4 years, 2 months ago

Farm bill protests: All you need to know in 10 points

India Today  

Farmers in India have been protesting vehemently ever since three controversial farm bills were passed without much debate in Parliament. President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent for the three contentious bills despite intensifying protests across the country by farmers and opposition political parties. President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent for the three contentious bills despite the massive farmers’ …

Farm Bills Row: Congress Begins Its 2-Months-Long Nationwide Protest Against Govt Over Anti-Farmers' Law
4 years, 3 months ago

Farm Bills Row: Congress Begins Its 2-Months-Long Nationwide Protest Against Govt Over Anti-Farmers' Law

ABP News  

Even as the parliament concluded its Monsoon Session, farmers, and the opposition have continued to protest against the new agrarian bills which have been termed as 'anti-farmer' and 'anti-poor'. Now according to a report by Hindustan Times, the main opposition party, Congress will launch from Thursday, 24 September 2020 a two-month-long ‘mass movement’ against the government over the farm bills. …

Congress to raise farm ordinances, various ‘scams’ in Haryana House
4 years, 3 months ago

Congress to raise farm ordinances, various ‘scams’ in Haryana House

The Hindu  

All set to corner the ruling coalition of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jannayak Janta Party during the monsoon session of the Haryana Assembly beginning on Wednesday, the Congress plans to bring adjournment motions on three agricultural ordinances and to demand a discussion on the scams, besides raising the issue of “constantly deteriorating law and order system in the …

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