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CM Amarinder Singh accuses SAD of trying to 'hijack' farmers' agitation in
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday slammed Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the issue of new farm laws and accused the party of trying to "hijack" the farmers' agitation in the state.
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AAP holds protest, asks Punjab CM to hold all-party meeting over farm laws
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Friday staged a protest outside the Punjab Assembly and demanded that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh should convene an all-party meeting over farm laws in which farmer organizations, farm experts and other stakehold
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BKU (Lakhowal) chief's u-turn on petition on farm laws at behest of SAD: P
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the BKU (Lakhowal) group's U-turn on its petition against the farm laws in the Supreme Court was the result of pressure from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
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Punjab CM directs procurement agencies to pay pending dues of farmers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI): With the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday sanctioning a Cash Credit Limit (CCL) amount of Rs 30,220.82 crore for procurement of paddy in the Kharif marketing season 2020-21 for the month of October, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh
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Punjab CM rejects Kisan Unions' ultimatum to hold special Assembly session
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Chandigarh [India], October 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday rejected the one-week ultimatum of the Kisan Unions for holding special Assembly session to negate the farm laws.
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Rahul Gandhi drives tractor as part of Congress' 'Kheti Bachao Yatra' in P
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Patiala (Punjab) [India], October 6 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi drove a tractor as part of his party's 'Kheti Bachao Yatra' in Noorpur on Tuesday. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and party's state chief Sunil Jakhar were also present during the event.
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Punjab govt to launch SC post-matric scholarship scheme soon
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Patiala (Punjab) [India], October 6 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the state government would soon introduce a new scholarship scheme for Scheduled Caste (SC) students, here on Tuesday.
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Whole country is being thrashed, no big deal if I got a little pushed: Rah
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Patiala (Punjab) [India], October 6 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said when the whole country was being thrashed, it was not a big deal that he got pushed a little while enroute to meet the Hathras victim's family.
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PM Modi's 'kaala kanoon' will destroy existing farming structure in India:
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Patiala (Punjab) [India], October 6 (ANI): Congress' 'Kheti Bachao Yatra' is against the 'kaala kanoon' (dark laws), which will destroy the existing structure of agriculture in the country, affecting Punjab and Haryana most severely, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi here on Tuesday.
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Request Rahul Gandhi to scrap new farm laws when he becomes PM: Punjab CM
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Sangrur (Punjab) [India], October 5 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday requested Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to scrap new farm laws when he becomes the "Prime Minister with a majority in the Lok Sabha".
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Instead of resolving mandi-MSP-PDS issues, PM is killing farmers: Rahul in
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Sangrur (Punjab) [India], October 5 (ANI): Accepting that there are shortcomings in the mandi system, Public Distribution System (PDS) and the Minimum Support Price (MSP), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, instead of resolving them, is "killing
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Punjab CM pledges not to stop fighting till 'black farm laws' amended to g
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Moga (Punjab) [India], October 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to kickstart a 3-day 'Kheti Bachao Yatra' with a vow to fight the 'black farm laws' and save the farmers from the clutches of big corporates.
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