BRS MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, accusing him of adopting anti-farmer policies and betraying the farming community.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday announced that 4,800 hectares of land which was in the possession of the state government will be returned to the farmers.
The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that its orders to provide medical aid and hospitalisation to farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since November 26, was not to break his fast but for the well being of his health.
Delhi BJP State President Virendraa Sachdeva lashed out at Chief Minister Atishi over the issue of farmers and said that to avoid accountability, CM Atishi has been talking about irrelevant things and suggested that she should have talked to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan i
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, accusing them of blocking the Centre's welfare schemes for farmers in Delhi and calling the AAP government's policies "anti-agriculture" and "anti-farmer."
Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday hit out at the BJP-led NDA government at the centre over the ongoing farmers' protest, alleging them of reneging on their promises made to the farmers three years back.
While discussing the importance of public participation in the TB eradication program, he said that so far more than 45 thousand TB patients have been adopted by the Nishchay Mitras, and 1372 Gram Panchayats of the state have been declared TB-free.
Noting that the government is fully committed to furthering the welfare of farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the union cabinet's decision to continue Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and restructured weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme and extend the one-time speci