NEW DELHI: A farmers‘ body on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking impleadment in the pending matters pertaining to new farm laws, against which several farmer unions are staging protests at Delhi borders, saying these reforms are “beneficial” to enable increased income and growth of agriculture. In a letter petition sent to the apex court, … Read more
New Delhi: The resolution of farmer protest will depend much on the flexibility of farmer unions over their demands. “We have walked 10 steps. They should also walk at least two, so that we can meet at some point. We want resolution in the interest of farmers. They should also understand this,” minister of state … Read more
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the BJP of favouring wealthy people over farmers. In a Hindi tweet, Akhilesh Yadav said, “The biggest problem with the BJP government is that it does not consider itself as a public representative (jan pratinidhi) but as wealth representative (dhan pratinidhi).” Hence, for the wealthy people, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Farmers’ unions have said that central ministers were finally convinced that the agitation would not end with anything less than a repeal of the three farm laws and an ordinance on minimum support price. After the end of four-hour animated meeting with the Centre’s representatives on Monday, farmer leader Darshan Pal said: “Agriculture … Read more
NEW DELHI: A day after breaking bread and arriving at a consensus on the draft electricity bill and air pollution ordinance, officials of the agriculture ministry are busy framing strategies to convince protesting farmers on the three farm laws and MSP in their next meeting on January 4. A ministry official said: “The electricity bill … Read more
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, in her online message on the Congress Foundation Day on Monday, called for the “unity of Congress” to strengthen itself and fight against the “authoritarian atmosphere” prevailing in the country, even as her son Rahul Gandhi tweeted from Italy to display his enthusiasm over the cause of the … Read more
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to mislead the people with half-truth and distorted facts over the non-implementation of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme in the state. She said the prime minister showed his apparent concern for the farmers through a televised address, instead of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress’ Rahul Gandhi has alleged that “there is no democracy in India” anymore and claimed that “even (RSS chief) Mohan Bhagawat would be called a terrorist” if he opposed the policies of PM Modi. Asserting the agitating farmers won’t back off, Congress leaders demanded that the Centre convene a joint Parliament sitting and … Read more
New Delhi: The government on Sunday wrote to the protesting farmer unions inviting them for the next round of talks and asked them to choose a convenient date. In a letter to the union leaders, Agriculture Ministry Joint Secretary Vivek Aggarwal said, “I request those previously invited protesting union leaders to provide details of their … Read more
On December 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a day of ‘special joy’ for the millions who provide Indians food: farmers. Farmers were to celebrate GoI’s promise to transfer Rs 35 billion in subsidies to them. Modi did not mean farmers who grew food grains, who number more than 250 million, but those numbering 15 … Read more