Page 40 - Farmers' Protest

Tried to reach out to PM Modi but he didn't listen to us: AAP MP

AAP's Punjab MP Bhagwant Mann claimed on Friday that his party legislators tried to reach out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a function in Parliament but he did not listen to them. Prime Minister Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union ministers and parliamentarians on Friday paid floral tributes to Madan Mohan Malaviya and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the Central Hall of Parliament on their birth anniversary. Prime Minister Modi also released a book, "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A Commemorative Volume", to mark the occasion. Soon after the book release, as the prime minister was about to leave the venue, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members Sanjay Singh and Mann raised slogans, demanding the repeal of the Centre's contentious farm laws. Modi was speaking with the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and the leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, at that moment. Addressing a press conference, Mann said AAP MPs raised slogans

Ready for talks based on facts; vested interests to blame for deadlock: PM

Reacting to the PM's allegation, the protesting farmers' unions alleged that it was an attempt to "divide and mislead" the farmers and said they wanted a legal guarantee on MSP

LIVE updates: Agitating farmers are misguided, says Prakash Javadekar

As the agitation entered Day 30, the unions said that the minimum support price (MSP) cannot be separated from the demand of repealing the contentious agriculture laws

Railway incurs loss of about Rs 2400 cr due to farmers' agitation: Official

Farmers have continued their protest at the borders of Delhi and in Punjab

Annus Horribilis: It wasn't just Covid that made 2020 one of the worst years

The food crisis of the 1960s gave birth to the Green Revolution, and out of 1970s' stagnation was born the first, weak impulses for economic reform. T N Ninan wonders what good will come out of 2020

Not a single benefit, a lot of harm: Arvind Kejriwal on farm laws

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed the Centre's new agricultural reform laws will not benefit farmers in any way and do a lot of harm

Punjab CM Amarinder asks farmers not to disrupt state's telecom services

Power supply to mobile towers was reportedly being disconnected by protesting farmers in different parts of the state

PM Modi defends farm laws, offers talks based on 'facts and logic'

Opposition parties pushing political agenda by opposing new farm laws, says Prime Minister at virtual event

Modi calls farmer protests over contested laws politically motivated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated

Let farm laws be tested for a year or two, MSP to stay: Rajnath Singh

Singh reiterated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said and he will also give his word that MSP won't end

Best of BS Opinion: Farm solutions, the case for a deeper democracy & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Centre writes to protesting farmers, invites them for talks again

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad met President Kovind

Farm solutions

States will be forced to pay attention to farmer needs

LIVE updates: Some UP farmer groups urge govt not to withdraw agri laws

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) moved the SC today challenging the three new farm laws. Stay tuned for latest updates

Kerala Cabinet's nod to Assembly special session on December 31

The session's purpose is to adopt a resolution against the three new central farm laws

Rahul Gandhi to lead Congress MPs' protest march against farm laws

Rahul Gandhi will lead Congress MPs' protest march on Thursday at 10

Noise around farm laws: Are we really reading the provision correctly?

While unregulated trade is definitely not healthy for India, a close reading of the legislation, with its accompanying provisions, seems to point towards something different

Unfortunate that farmers have to protest for rights: NCP Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said it is the responsibility of those in power to aptly honour farmers, but unfortunately cultivators are now forced to stage protest for their rights

Modi govt committed to farmers' welfare, hope stir ends soon: Rajnath

The government reiterated its commitment to their welfare and expressed hope that the farmers protesting against farm laws will soon withdraw their agitation

Farmers urge people to skip a meal on Kisan Diwas, pay homage to former PM

Kisan Diwas is the birth anniversary of former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh