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Centre fails to implement Swaminathan report, farmers will wreak havoc in
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that if the central government fails to implement Swaminathan report by the end of its term, farmers would wreak havoc in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Not just industrialists', farmers' loan should also be waived: Rahul targe
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the agrarian crisis, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the former should not only waive the debts or loans of industrialists but also of farmers.
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No govt. can survive without farmers: former PM Gowda
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 29 (ANI) : Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) JDS chief HD Deve Gowda who joined the farmers' protest at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should personally take note of farmer's plight.
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Two-day farmer protest rally begins in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): More than one lakh farmers, belonging to 200 farmers' organisations, gathered in the national capital on Thursday to push their demands, including implementation of the MS Swaminathan Committee report, farm loan waiver and better Minimum Support Price (MSP) f
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Farmers call off protest after Maharashtra government's assurance
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Lok Sangarsh Morcha, which led the farmers' protests at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, called off the protest after getting written assurances on their demands from the Maharashtra Government on Thursday.
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Odisha govt forms inter-ministerial panel to address farmers' issues
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): The Odisha government on Monday formed an inter-ministerial committee to resolve the issues raised by the agitating farmers in the ongoing protest in the state.
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Farmers protest after banker seeks sexual favour in exchange for crop loan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandrapur (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana staged a protest in front of the Datala branch of Central Bank of India on Saturday after the bank manager and his peon allegedly demanded sexual favours from the wife of a farmer, who had applied for a crop
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After being trolled, Raveena Tandon defends farmers' protest remark
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Bollywood star Raveena Tandon on Tuesday justified her stance on farmers' protests and said she never intended the arrest of agitating farmers.
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Shatrughan Sinha slams Agriculture Min over farmers' protest remark
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Shatrughan Sinha on Monday termed Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh's remark on the nationwide farmer protest a 'publicity stunt'.
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Bhartiya Kisan Union to end protest in Punjab
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 4 (ANI): The Bhartiya Kisan Union on Monday decided to end the farmers protest in Punjab on June 6.
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Case filed against agriculture minister over farmers' protest remark
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Jun 4 (ANI): A case was registered against Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh here on Monday over his remark on the ongoing farmers' strike.
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Kharge takes on BJP for refusing farmers' loans
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 3 (ANI): In the backdrop of the on-going nationwide farmers' protest in the country, Congress' senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for speaking more and doing less.
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