Tag: Farm bills

New Delhi's India Gate monument stands shrouded in smog. (Bloomberg) National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has convened a meeting at his residence today for chalking out the future course of action on 'Gupkar Declaration' with regard to the special status of Jammu and Kashmir which was revoked by the ...

File photo of Union Minister Jitendra Singh. The Union minister said the opposition has no facts or figures to prove their criticism of the government and is indulging in a purely political rhetoric to denigrate the path-breaking decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI New Delhi Last ...

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday accused the opposition parties of taking up "imaginary issues to create a false fear" among farmers and trying to "mislead" them over the new farm reform laws. The irony is that while the common farmers are satisfied and have ...

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW/CHENNAI: Stepping up pressure, the Congress along with other opposition parties held demonstrations against the new farm laws in several states on Monday, with some protesters torching a tractor at the India Gate in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi. The Congress invoked Bhagat Singh, whose birth anniversary was ...

On Sunday evening, reacting to the footage, Harivansh Singh issued a clarification which said, "I hold a constitutional position and, therefore, cannot issue a formal rebuttal. I am bringing these facts to your notice and leave it to your conscience or your judgement." "The amendment moved by CPM MP ...

Exploring all options including possible amendments to State laws to protect interests of farmers, says Punjab CM. Terming the President’s assent to farm Bills unfortunate and distressing, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said his government was exploring all options, including possible amendments to State laws, to protect ...

File photo of Harsimrat Kaur Badal addressing a press conference with Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal. (PTI Photo) On the issue of farm Bills, Akalis had said the BJP was not pro-farmer, said Ashwani Sharma. He said ever since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, several decisions have ...

Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said that the three new agricultural laws that were passed in the Parliament on September 20 may have severe implications on the national economy, reported NDTV.Badal’s comments came a day after the Shiromani Akali Dal, one of the Bharatiya Janata ...

Perception management will be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) biggest challenge in Punjab and other agrarian states after the Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) decision to end their 24-year-old alliance on the controversial farm sector reforms.The BJP wouldn’t be that badly off without the SAD if it manages to set ...

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said the decision was unanimously taken at the party’s core committee meeting in Chandigarh. The BJP’s oldest alliance partner, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), on Saturday announced that it was ending its alliance with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as farmers’ protests continued across ...