Union Minister Parshottam Rupala claimed that the Modi government has been working "for doubling the income of the farmers" adding, "Rs Rs 2,16,000 Crore has already been given to them in the past eight years".
Farmers Protest in Sangrur: The agitation entered its 11th day as protesting farmers are still waiting for their demands to be accepted by the Punjab government.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a six-hour-long nationwide 'rail roko' agitation on Monday, demanding the removal and arrest of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni from the Union Cabinet in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, in which his son Ashish Mishra Teni is an accused.
The farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders against the three farm laws, which they fear will do away with the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.
Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday hit out at agitating farmer unions.
The Congress has mounted further attack on the BJP-led government in Haryana for suppressing the voice of the farmers by blocking internet in Karnal.
Farmers staged a protest against Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar near Chandigarh Press Club where the CM was addressing a press conference today on completion of 2500 days of BJP Govt in the state
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday hit out at the Centre and the Haryana government over lathi-charge on the farmers protesting against a BJP meeting in Karnal saying that the country has been occupied by the state-run Taliban.
Amarinder Singh also expressed shock at the "brazen brutality" of the Haryana Police.
The chief minister said some other states had also moved Assembly resolutions against farm laws earlier though the previous AIADMK government did not do so.
Supreme Court on Monday asked Centre to find a solution to the blockade of roads in Delhi-NCR due to the ongoing farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws.
Passengers at railway stations in Moradabad and Bareilly face difficulties in commuting to their respective destinations after 4 trains were terminated midway due to ongoing farmers' protest.
Farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha are protesting at Jantar Mantar. They have been allowed to protest at Jantar Mantar till August 9, but only on weekdays.
Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said the phone numbers of farmer leaders will figure in the data of the year 2020-21.
Country has witnessed that these farm laws are beneficial & are in favour of farmers. We have had discussions about these laws. If they express their issues with the laws point-wise, we can discuss it: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
After initial resistance, police took farmers inside a resort to count their numbers before escorting them to protest venue. Only 206 allowed each day as per conditions.
Farmers protesting against three Central farm laws since last November will today begin a Kisan Sansad at the national capital's Jantar Mantar. The agitation will be held in groups of 200 every day while Parliament is in session, they said.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday gave permission to farmers to stage demonstrations at Jantar Mantar demanding scrapping of the Agri laws during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament, official sources said. They said farmers will travel to Jantar Mantar from the Singhu border in buses with police escort.
It was decided that the Delhi government's lawyers will be public prosecutors in court matters related to the farmers' agitation.
The deceased, Mukesh, reportedly told his brother and a villager that he had been drinking with four men who claimed to be part of the farmers' protest and they set him on fire.
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