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During meeting with Rakesh Tikait, Mamata Banerjee reiterates demand for w
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 9 (ANI): During a meeting with Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reiterated that she has demanded a withdrawal of the three farm laws.
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Rakesh Tikait to meet Mamata Banerjee today at 3 pm
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday at 3 pm in Kolkata and deliberate on issues involving agriculture, health, education and the local farmers.
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Farmers protesting in Haryana will return to Delhi to protest Centre's far
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tohana (Haryana) [India], June 7 (ANI): Farmers, who have been agitating in Tohana over the arrest of two farmers, will now head back to the national capital to continue their protest against the Centre's farm laws, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Monday.
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Implementation of farm laws will stoke fire, Centre should meet demand of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): With farmers having expressed their determination to carry on with their protest against new farm laws amid the COVID-19 pandemic, former Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said that it is responsibility of central government to send them
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Farmers will not leave Delhi border at any cost: Rakesh Tikait
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jind (Haryana) [India], June 4 (ANI): Farmers protesting against the Central farm laws at the borders of the national capital will not leave Delhi at any cost, said Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait.
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"Centre using pandemic to turn narrative of farmers' protest in their favo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at the Central government saying that it is 'using the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic' to turn the narrative of the farmers' protest in its favour and called for scrapping of the contenti
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Farm laws threat to our survival not COVID: Protesting farmers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Singhu Border [India], May 26 (ANI): As farmers are observing a nationwide 'Resistance Day' on Wednesday to mark six months of protests at the borders of the national capital over the farm laws, protesters at Singhu border voiced apprehensions about losing their land due to the new farm l
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Ludhiana villagers say rural areas have more open spaces, better protected
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 26 (ANI): Residents of a Ludhiana village have said that it is wrong to assume that COVID-19 is spreading from villages and no such case has been reported from farmers who have returned from Delhi after protesting against new farm laws.
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Farmers protest 'Black Day' at Ghaziabad; BKU leader Rakesh Tikait says wi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): As farmers in Ghaziabad on began 'Black Day' protests on Wednesday to mark completion of six months of their agitation against Centre's agricultural laws, the Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait assured that the protests will be carried out peace
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Security tightened at Delhi's Singhu border ahead of protest to mark six m
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Security has been tightened at Delhi's Singhu border ahead of a protest scheduled to commence on Wednesday to mark the six months of farmers' protests against Central agriculture laws.
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BKU to observe 'black day' on Wednesday, Tikait says Centre should take ba
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) will observe 'Black Day' on Wednesday to protest against the government for not taking back three new farm laws, its leader Rakesh Tikait said on Tuesday.
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AAP extends support to farmers' protest on May 26
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday extended its support to the call given the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to observe a country-wide protest on May 26 to mark the completion of six months of the nationwide protest.
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