Farmers Protest Update
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Farmers' distrust won't go with one rollback: Sachin Pilot slams Centre on farm laws repeal
India | November 23, 2021 13:54 ISTTalking to the media, Pilot said no matter what the government does now, it is "far too late" to erase from the farmers' minds the suffering caused during the farm laws agitation.
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Opinion | Political motives behind farmer leaders’ move to continue dharna
India | November 23, 2021 12:26 ISTThere is, as of now, no guarantee that the farmers would leave once the MSP guarantee law is passed. One should also understand whether it is feasible on part of the Centre to guarantee minimum support prices to farmers?
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Govt should hold talks on MSP, other demands, or we won't go home: Rakesh Tikait
India | November 23, 2021 8:19 ISTRakesh Tikait said it took almost one year to make the "government understand that that the farm laws will harm the farmers, workers and shopkeepers of the country".
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Aaj Ki Baat: Why are farmer leaders adding MSP and other new demands for ending agitation?
Aaj Ki Baat | November 22, 2021 23:54 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew all three farm laws but the farmers' protest isn't over yet. Now the question in the mind of the people is, what do the leaders of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha want? Why is the agitation not ending? But farmer leaders are now gheraoing the borders of Delhi by making MSP their issue to protest. Are farmers trying to bet on UP with their agitation? Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma.
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Farmers announce 'Sansad Chalo' on November 29 to mark one year of anti-farm laws protests
India | November 22, 2021 11:29 ISTThe Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of agitating farm unions, has said that farmers will go ahead with their protests and announced 'Sansad Chalo' (march to Parliament) on November 29 to observe one year of anti-farm laws protests.
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Muqabla: Farm laws repealed, when will the farmers return back home?
News | November 21, 2021 18:23 ISTFarmers seem to be in no mood to return back home even after the repeal of the farm laws. Farmers have decided to not leave the borders of Delhi for the time being. This decision was approved in the meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha at Singhu border today. What are the farmers planning? Watch Muqabla with Surbhi Sharma.
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Centre's 'sinister' design to end MSP, food security, PDS to continue: Navjot Sidhu
India | November 21, 2021 17:14 ISTSidhu also took on the BJP-led Centre, saying there had been no word from it on framing a law to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
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Farmer agitation to continue, will write open letter to PM over MSP: Samyukt Kisan Morcha
India | November 21, 2021 21:51 ISTThe farmers are also demanding compensation for the farmers who lost their lives during farmers' protests and the withdrawal of cases registered against them.
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Centre planning to end MSP, govt procurement, food security for poor, alleges Navjot Singh Sidhu
India | November 21, 2021 14:40 ISTThe PCC chief further claimed that small farmers need the Punjab government's support to protect them from "corporate takeover" through the "Punjab Model".
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What’s black in farm laws except for its ink, asks VK Singh
India | November 20, 2021 17:17 ISTUnion minister General (retired) VK Singh on Saturday hit out at the farmers' union and asked the farmers what was black in the farm laws barring the ink used to write them.
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Memorial in the name of farmers' agitation will be set up in Punjab: CM Charanjit Singh Channi
India | November 20, 2021 9:54 ISTChanni also sought compensation for the state on account of financial and property losses during the Kisan Morcha.
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Haqikat Kya Hai: PM Modi's single speech leaves opposition rattled
Hakikat Kya Hai | November 19, 2021 22:20 ISTPM Modi is often called a 'man of action'. He proved the same when he repealed the three farm laws bravely as a result of which, now the protesting farmers are thanking him. This, however, has left the opposition parties rattled, who are now politicising the situation.
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MSP bigger issue for farmers: Navjot Singh Sidhu
India | November 19, 2021 18:15 ISTNavjot Singh Sidhu said the minimum support price (MSP) is the bigger issue than farm laws as it is the lifeline of farmers.
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Farm law repeal: Better late than never, protest over other demands to go on, say farmers at Singhu
India | November 19, 2021 16:35 ISTDistributing sweets and dancing to songs blaring out of music systems placed on tractors, farmers, who have been camping at the Singhu border for nearly a year, were a happy lot on Friday.
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Committee to be formed to make MSP more effective, promote zero budgeting-based agriculture: PM Modi
India | November 19, 2021 14:28 ISTPM made the announcement during his address to the nation in which he also stated that the govt has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.
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Celebrations at Ghazipur border, crowd expected to swell after farm laws repeal announcement
India | November 19, 2021 13:54 ISTThe Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is leading the protest at Ghazipur, however, said the protest will not be withdrawn until the laws are repealed in Parliament.
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Farmers' demands half met, movement to continue for new MSP law: Hannan Mollah
India | November 19, 2021 13:46 ISTPM Modi, in an address to the nation, announced that the govt has decided to repeal the 3 farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.
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Hope govt draws lessons to not bypass Parliament: Anand Sharma on repeal of farm laws
India | November 19, 2021 13:30 ISTAnand Sharma said that practice of the BJP government to bypass Parliamentary scrutiny by not referring the bills to standing committees and joint select committees has created complications and conflicts.
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Electoral defeat, not 'martyrdom of over 600 farmers' prompted PM Modi to repeal farm laws: Priyanka
India | November 19, 2021 12:25 ISTPriyanka Gandhi alleged that BJP leaders have insulted farmers by calling them 'terrorists, traitors, goons, miscreants'. She added that PM Modi himself called the agitators ‘andolanjeevi’.
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Justice prevailed, farmers' protest vindicated: Congress on farm laws repeal announcement
India | November 19, 2021 11:59 ISTFarm Laws Repealed: Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that the agitation has won and the arrogance has lost.
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