Farm Laws
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'Neither Rahul, nor Rihanna...': BJP hits back at Congress for politicising farmers' protest
India | Feb 03, 2021, 05:46 PM ISTBJP leader Sambit Patra said neither Rahul Gandhi, nor Rihanna (international pop star) knows anything about agricultre.
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Why is Delhi being converted into a fortress? Rahul Gandhi asks the government
News | Feb 03, 2021, 03:47 PM ISTDelhi is surrounded by farmers. They're the people who give us sustenance. Why is Delhi being converted into a fortress? Why are we threatening, beating & killing them? Why is Govt not talking to them & not resolving this problem? This problem isn't good for country: Rahul Gandhi
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'British too had done it': Ghulam Nabi Azad urges Modi govt to repeal farm laws
India | Feb 03, 2021, 02:25 PM ISTGhulam Nadi Azad suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself should make the announcement on repeal of the farm laws.
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Five extra hours added to discussion on President's address to allow raising of farm issues
India | Feb 03, 2021, 01:55 PM ISTParliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that consensus has been arrived that more time should be given for discussion on Motion of Thanks to the President.
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'Have read statement made by Prime Minister': SC refuses to hear pleas on R-Day violence
India | Feb 03, 2021, 02:13 PM ISTFarmers' tractor parade on January 26 that was to highlight the demands of farmer unions to repeal three new agri laws. But it dissolved into anarchy as thousands broke through barriers, fought with the police and hoisted religious flags at Red Fort.
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MP minister says farmers' stir an ‘experiment’, warns of protests against Article 370 & Ram Mandir
India | Feb 03, 2021, 01:24 PM ISTThousands of farmers, especially from Punjab, Haryana and west UP, are protesting at several Delhi border points since November last year against the three farm laws.
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Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa on farmers agitation against new farm laws
News | Feb 03, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTIn an Exclusive Interaction with India TV Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa discussed about on going farmers agitation against new farm laws.
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Rajya Sabha: 3 Aam Aadmi Party MPs resort to sloganeering, suspended for a day
India | Feb 03, 2021, 10:16 AM ISTThree Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs in Rajya Sabha have been suspended from attending the House proceedings for rest of the day. The MPs are Sanjay Singh, Narain Dass Gupta and Sushil Kumar Gupta.
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Rakesh Tikait to attend farmers' mahapanchayat in Haryana's Jind; to gather support for agitation
India | Feb 03, 2021, 10:02 AM ISTFarmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
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Ruckus in the House on the second day of the Budget session
News | Feb 02, 2021, 05:46 PM ISTThe second day of the Budget session witnessed the massive uproar as several parties in the opposition gave adjournment motion and demanded a discussion over the 3 farm laws.
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Farmers' agitation will not conclude before October, says Rakesh Tikait
India | Feb 02, 2021, 04:14 PM ISTThousands of farmers have been protesting at the Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
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No formal talks with govt until harassment stops, detained farmers freed: Samyukt Kisan Morcha
India | Feb 02, 2021, 02:38 PM ISTFarmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, are protesting the Centre's farm laws for more than two months at the borders of the national capital, choking highways to neighbouring states.
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Rahul Gandhi's knowledge about agriculture an 'open secret': Ravi Shankar Prasad
India | Feb 02, 2021, 02:06 PM ISTRavi Shankar Prasad said that Rahul Gandhi's knowledge about agriculture and farming is an "open secret" and invited him to discuss issues related to farmers in Parliament.
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No prestige issue, Rahul Gandhi should offer solution, if he has: Nitin Gadkari on farmers protest
India | Feb 02, 2021, 11:32 AM ISTNitin Gadkari said that the Congress party has every right to question the government's policies, but it should not play politics over issues concerning the common man and poor.
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Nails on road, barbed wires, cement walls as police create multi-level barricading at Singhu border
India | Feb 02, 2021, 11:51 AM ISTOn Monday, the Delhi side of the Singhu border saw a sparse crowd of protesters while the Haryana side was dominated by vociferous speeches denouncing the new farm laws and clarion calls to infuse a new sense of solidarity in the agitation after the Republic Day incident.
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Ghazipur border: Delhi Police fixes nails on ground near protesting site
India | Feb 01, 2021, 11:58 PM ISTThe Delhi Police has fixed nails on the ground near barricades at Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border, one of the centre point of farmers protest which has been continuing for over 2 months now.
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Labelled a traitor, says Deep Sidhu in new FB video amid raids in connection with Red Fort violence
India | Feb 01, 2021, 07:16 AM ISTThe Delhi Police had named Sidhu in an FIR lodged in connection with the Red Fort incident. Sidhu was present at the Red Fort when a religious flag and a farmer flag were put at the flagpole at the historic monument, triggering massive outrage.
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Haqikat Kya Hai | Thousands converge at Ghazipur despite increasing number of barricades
Hakikat Kya Hai | Jan 31, 2021, 10:22 PM ISTDespite an increasing number of barricades, thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following BKU leader Rakesh Tikait impassioned appeal to protesters to bloster the stir.
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No question of closing door on talks with govt about farm laws: Samyukta Kisan Morcha
India | Jan 31, 2021, 08:38 AM ISTIn a statement signed by farmer leader Darshan Pal, the SKM said that it would continue to seek a full repeal of the three farm laws and a legal entitlement guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP).
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Ideological fight with govt, will return home when new farm laws are repealed: Rakesh Tikait
India | Jan 31, 2021, 08:09 AM ISTAddressing the protesting farmers, Tikait said farmers believe in the Gandhian principle of non-violence and have full faith in the Constitution and appealed to everyone for maintaining peace.