The Supreme Court on Friday said that it is the Punjab authorities' responsibility to ensure the stable health condition of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death for over 20 days at the Khanouri border between Punjab and Haryana to press the Centre to accept
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre on Monday over the ongoing farmer protests and said stopping the farmers at the border is "undemocratic."
Punjab Minister of Social Justice, Baljit Kaur, on Saturday criticized the Union Government, holding it responsible for the ongoing farmers' 'Dilli Chalo' protest march, and emphasized that the farmers' demands are direct at the Centre, not the state.
Amid fresh protests by farmers at the Delhi-Noida border, Aazad Samaj Party - Kanshi Ram MP Chandrashekhar Aazad said on Friday urged the BJP-led central government to listen to the farmers' demands.
As the farmers will start their march towards Delhi at 1 pm today, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Friday said that the central government should listen to the demands of farmers.
Madhya Pradesh Congress took out a 'Kisan Nyay Yatra' on tractors in support of farmers demanding to increase the minimum support price (MSP) of soybean crop from Rs 4892 a quintal to Rs 6000 a quintal across the state on Friday.
The government of India will make all efforts to waive the penalty on excess tobacco produced by the tobacco farmers, highlighted Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal during a meeting with Farmers and traders of tobacco in Hyderabad on Saturday.
The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced to hold protest demonstrations across Punjab province in Pakistan to advocate the approval of farmers' demands, reported ARY News.
Amid a deadlock in talks between farmers and the central government, Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda appealed to the citizens to maintain peace and has invited suggestions.