'Don't mislead farmers': Tomar's warning to Rahul
Politics | July 26, 2021 20:04 ISTUnion Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday warned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to "not mislead" the farmers.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday warned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to "not mislead" the farmers.
Meenakshi Lekhi has called the protesting farmers 'mawali' after they reached Jantar Mantar in Delhi to further intensify their agitation against farm laws.
The minister's statement came even as about 200 farmers reached Jantar Mantar to hold protest against the three Central farm laws passed last year.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday announced a Rs 23,000 crore second emergency Covid package to improve the facilities in the health sector across the country, which will be used by both the Central and state governments to deal with the issues facing the country with regard to the second wave of the pandemic.
Mansukh Mandaviya in his first briefing as Union health minister announced that the Centre and states would contribute Rs 15,000 crore and Rs 8,000 crore respectively to the emergency response package.
On the core issue of new farm laws, Narendra Singh Tomar asked people associated with farmers' protests that the government is ready to discuss any proposal except repealing them.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has welcomed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar's recent comments on the new farm laws. Pawar had on Thursday suggested that the new farm laws must not be totally scrapped but the certain amendments should be done.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has welcomed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar's recent comments on the new farm laws. Pawar had on Thursday suggested that the new farm laws must not be totally scrapped but the certain amendments should be done.
The government and farmer unions have held 11 rounds of talks so far, the last being on January 22, to break the deadlock and end the protest.
Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Narendra Singh Tomar again dispelled apprehensions about MSP saying, "MSP (on farm crops) is there, is being hiked and will continue in future as well".
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that the government is ready to have a discussion with the farmers on the key issues.
The government is ready to talk with the agitating farmers on "options other than the farm bills", Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday. Farmers have been agitating on Delhi borders against the three new farm laws since November last year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the COVID-19 challenge before the country now is bigger than the last year and called for making efforts to ensure that the infectious disease is stopped from hitting villages
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the CAU-Regional Agriculture Fair 2020-21.
Eleven rounds of talks between the Centre and 41 protesting farmer unions have so far remained deadlocked. The government has offered concessions including suspension of the legislations for 12-18 months and setting up a joint panel to find solutions, but the unions have rejected.
While addressing the public gathering at Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela 2021 in New Delhi on February 25, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, "In democracy, a government can never dare to make such a law that will harm farmers."
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday over the ongoing farmers protest said that they have held 12 rounds of talks with the farmers and are ready to talk to them anytime.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had lunch at Municipal Corporation worker's house on February 07.
Digvijaya Singh called Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Agriculture Minister, a 'good' person, but added that he has little knowledge about farming.
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.
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