Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made a fervent appeal to protesters to end their agitation against the new farm laws. Replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha, PM Modi also questioned the opposition parties for their sudden 'U-turn' on the reforms.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over two months demanding rollback of farm laws and law on MSP.
Up till 3 February 2021, they revered Sachin Tendulkar as the 'God of Cricket', now they are questioning his merit for the Bharat Ratna.
PM Narendra Modi has accused the opposition parties of taking a sudden 'U-turn' on the farm laws. He said that the past governments support the agricultural reforms but they couldn't do it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the opposition parties of taking U-turn on the farm laws. He said that Sharad Pawar and the Congress party had favoured agri reforms.
Union minister Som Parkash on Sunday said the government is ready for talks with the agitating farmers and asked whether there can be an offer bigger than suspending the contentious agriculture laws for 18 months.
Heavy security deployment continues at the Delhi-Haryana border as farmers' protest against three agriculture laws enters the 74th day.
Interacting with the press, Rakesh Tikait claimed a few inputs had been received regarding some miscreants "trying to disrupt peace" during the “chakka jam” that was announced for 12 pm to 3 pm on Saturday.
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait's statement that violence may have erupted in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during 'chakka jam' call was made in haste, says Samyukta Kisan Morcha spokesperson Darshan Pal.
The three-hour-long nationwide 'chakka jam' by protesting farmers was held on Saturday amid tight security, even as there was no such event in the national capital which was turned into a fortress with heavy security deployment.
Amid the ongoing agitation and tweets by international celebrities over farmers protest, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar while speaking on the toolkit matter said that its expose has revealed a lot.
Around 50,000 personnel of Delhi Police, Paramilitary and Reserve Forces were deployed in Delhi-NCR region to maintain law and order situation in Delhi on Saturday, amid 'chakka jam' call by the protesting farmers' representatives which ended peacefully with no major impact.
On the implementation of the contentious farm laws, the Supreme Court has ordered a stay hoping that it will end the protest. But it did not pay off. Eleven rounds of talks between the Centre and farm leaders have failed to make any breakthrough. Even the Centre's proposal to suspend implementation of the laws was rejected by the farm union leaders.
Stating that hoisting a religious flag at the Red Fort was "treason", BJP leader and former Union minister KJ Alphons on Friday said in Rajya Sabha that farmer leader Rakesh Tikait cannot get away by shedding tears after the violence during their tractor parade seeking the repeal of new farm laws.
Farm laws: Farmer unions have announced that they will hold a countrywide chakka jam on February 6 and block national and state highways.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over two months demanding rollback of three farm laws.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a three-line whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the House for four days from February 8 to February 12.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over two months demanding rollback of the new farm laws.
Sharad Pawar has called the Centre 'insensitive' over the handling of farmers' protests.
Farmer unions Monday announced a countrywide 'chakka jam' on February 6 when they would block national and state highways for three hours in protest against the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites, harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities, and other issues.
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