"Samajwadi Party is a party of farmers. We have always stood with their demands as far as their rights and respect is concerned and will continue to do so," the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said speaking to reporters at Bahraich on Saturday.
The Union Minister also slammed the UPA government, asserting that the Modi-led government has allocated more funds for farmers compared to the UPA's expenditure during its tenure.
Amidst the ongoing agitation by farmers demanding legal recognition of Minimum Support Price and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report including on pricing mechanism, prominent agricultural economist Dr Sardara Singh Johl has said that giving MSP on all crops "is not practical"
Objecting to the "political statement" made by farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal that 'they(farmers) have to bring graph of PM Modi down' in their protest, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that the kind of tactics being used by farmers to press for their deman
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.
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.
As the farmers' protests continue, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday urged the government to take the demands of the farmers seriously and to consider them with empathy.
Shiromani Akal Dal leader and former education minister of Punjab, Daljit Singh Cheema on Tuesday rendered support to farmers who have embarked on the 'Delhi Chalo' protest.
In a veiled attack against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, TDP National General Secretary Nara Lokesh on Thursday said that Amaravati farmers, demanding Amaravati be declared as the state's capital, have been protesting against a dictator.
As many as 18 trains of the Firozpur division, have been affected as members of various farmers' bodies squatted on train tracks here on Thursday as part of the three-day 'Rail-Roko' agitation.
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI/PNN): Building a transparent environment to facilitate product purchase is the biggest aim of any business entity. Especially in the tractor industry, farmers demand new ways out for further streamlining in the agri ecosystem and need more clarity on tractor