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"We should be allowed to protest peacefully": Farmer leader Sarwan Singh P
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Meanwhile, police lobbed multiple rounds of teargas shells to disperse farmers who were approaching the police barricade at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border to resume the 'Dilli Chalo' protest on Wednesday.
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Farmers' protest: Police use tear gas, traffic jams result on roads, talks
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters on the second day of the farmers' stir even as the local people suffered due to traffic jams near the borders, and the farmers' organisations said they would hold a meeting with the Central government on Thursday to discuss their demands.
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Centre's stance on farmers' protest hypocritical: Congress leader Jairam R
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday lashed out at the centre over the farmer issue saying that there is a need to understand chronology now.
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"Even China border is not fortified like it is in national capital": Shash
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said he doesn't think the China border is fortified the way the national capital is, adding that it's a democratic right of the farmers to protest and to be heard in the national capital.
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"Govt working on the farmers' issues with sensitivity ": BJP's Sudhanshu T
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday assured that the government is committed to finding a solution to farmer's problems but said that technically, the demand for a law (on MSP) is strange as the government cannot form laws now.
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Group of intellectuals, artists extend support to industrial strike, Grame
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A number of public intellectuals and artists issued a joint statement on Wednesday in support of the joint call by the workers and farmers for a sectoral industrial strike and Grameen Bharat Bandh on February 16.
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"Meeting with Centre tomorrow.. ": Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid chaos around the National Capital due to farmer protests, Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee General Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher on Wednesday said that the meeting with the Centre will be held tomorrow at 5 pm and the farmers want to resolve all the issues peacefully.
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'Dilli Chalo' protest: CPI-M General Secretary Yechury urges Centre to sta
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Communist Party of India's (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday urged the Union Government to start "meaningful talks" with farmers' groups who are protesting against the government, demanding a guaranteed minimum support price (MSP).
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"Punjab government is with farmers; Centre using police as weapon": State
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After attending the Rural Olympics programme in Kila Raipur, Anmol Gagan Mann said that police using tear gas to disperse the farmers has damaged the eyesight of many.
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Farmers protest: "It's evident who is backing them," says Rajasthan Minist
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Rajasthan minister Jhabar Singh Kharra said here on Wednesday that it is evident who is backing the protesting farmers.
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"Several things to consider in formulation of new laws; want to discuss wi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Arjun Munda told ANI that the government has assured them (farmers) that all the works of administrative nature will be fast-tracked.
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"We condemn govt action to stop farmers from entering Delhi for peaceful p
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"We condemn government action to stop farmers from entering Delhi to have a peaceful protest... Every day in the advertisements of BJP, the central government and the Madhya Pradesh government, we see the 'Modi Ki Guarantee'... Yes, Modi's guarantee was there, they (the central govt) held
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