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Go on hunger strike instead of dharna for farm law repeal: SAD chief to Pu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], November 3 (ANI): Reacting to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's decision to start a relay dharna at Rajghat in Delhi, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said that rather than a dharna, the CM should start an indefinite h
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BJP blasts Congress, opposition parties for 'fooling' farmers over centre'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 29 (ANI): BJP national president JP Nadda on Wednesday blasted the political parties opposing the agriculture laws and said all of them were opposing the three farm laws "purely for political reasons".
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Sukhbir Singh Badal says centre should not victimize farmers for agitating
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 28 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said that the Union government should not victimize farmers for agitating against the agriculture laws.
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TMC workers allegedly attack BJP rally organised in support of agriculture
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], October 22 (ANI): A rally organised by the BJP at Purbasthali in Bardhaman district of West Bengal was allegedly attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on Wednesday, where many BJP workers were reportedly injured.
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Union Ministers reach out to Punjab farmers over new farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): As part of efforts to reach out to farmers in Punjab to explain benefits of agriculture laws and counter opposition criticism, union ministers are holding press conferences and interactions covering various districts of Punjab that will continue over t
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Hold direct talks with farmers: Sukhbir Singh Badal to PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the grievances of the farming community by holding direct talks with farmers' organisations as well as all other stakeholders.
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Farmers meet Rajnath, Tomar, say new agriculture laws provide freedom to s
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): A group of farmers, many of them Padam Shri recipients, met Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday to thank them for "revolutionary steps" taken by the government to "free the farmer" through the agr
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Rahul's visit to Haryana cut short by a day
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 6 (ANI): There has been a change in the schedule of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Haryana as part of party's protest against the agriculture laws and it will now take place for one day instead of earlier two.
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Shameful that Hardeep Puri insulted farmers by calling them hooligans: SAD
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 5 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday said it was shameful that Union Minister of State Hardeep Puri had insulted farmers and 'khet mazdoor' who were agitating against the "black Agriculture laws" by calling them "hooligans" and asked him to apologise t
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Centre Vs States: Congress-ruled States to introduce Bill in Assemblies to
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Acting on the advice of party's interim president Sonia Gandhi, Congress-ruled states are on a path to introduce Bill to nullify recently enacted Agriculture Laws.
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Congress won't let farmers become labourers of corporates: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 4 (ANI): The Congress will never let farmers become the labourers of big corporates and the day the party comes to power at the Centre, it will scrap the three agriculture laws, said Rahul Gandhi in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Union Minister Javadekar tells Goan farmers not to fall prey to politics o
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mayem (Goa) [India], October 3 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javdekar on Saturday urged Goan farmers not to fall prey to the politics over the newly enacted agricultural laws, saying that the Congress party has always deprived farmers of their rights.
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