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Agriculture Minister not giving correct facts on farm bills: Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar said that Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is not bringing out 'correct facts' on the three farm bills

New agriculture laws will undercut MSP procurement, Mandi system: Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar said the new agriculture laws of the Union government will adversely impact the Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement and weaken the 'Mandi' system

Hold talks, don't commit sin of using force against farmers: Sharad Pawar

Pawar said it was the responsibility of the Centre to note why the farmers who were protesting peacefully till now turned angry and added the government should have handled the agitators accordingly

Is BJP losing the plot in Maharashtra? Recent panchayat polls suggest so

Although the rural body elections were not fought on party symbols, going by the backing that the panel of candidates received, the MVA won a majority of the panchayats

NCP chief Sharad Pawar visits Serum Institute in Pune in wake of fire

A major fire had broken out two days ago, killing five persons

Cannot ignore issues raised by protesting farmers, says Sharad Pawar

Pawar said the Centre seems to have no sympathy for farmers protesting outside Delhi against new agri laws in extreme weather conditions and favoured talks to resolve the issues raised by them

Forces pressured Manmohan, Pawar to not implement farm reforms: Tomar

The government is in talks with protesting farmer unions as well and is trying to end the logjam through dialogue, he added

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

Sharad Pawar's Dalit-OBC outreach is a concern for Shiv Sena & Congress

The NCP is perceived as a Maratha-dominated party, but it is trying to form a social coalition, also comprising Dalits and OBCs

Maharashtra's House of Cards

Book review of Trading Power: The Inside Story of How the People's Mandate was betrayed in the 2019 Maharashtra Election

Bharat Bandh disrupts life in some states; Opposition to meet Prez today

In several parts of the country, including in BJP-ruled Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, life continued unimpeded

Farmers' protest and Bharat Bandh on December 8: All you need to know

Several political parties, including the Congress, AAP, DMK, Shiv Sena, Kamal Haasan's MNM, Left parties, the TMC, and the TRS have extended their support to the protesting farmers

As agri minister, Pawar sought to reform APMC Act to aid pvt sector: Report

Pawar was the union agriculture, consumer affairs, food and public distribution minister in the then Manmohan Singh-led government

Sharad Pawar to meet President Kovind on Dec 9 over farmers' protest

NCP chief Sharad Pawar is scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on December 9 over the ongoing farmers' protest against agrarian laws

Maharashtra: Ruling MVA wins 4 of 5 Council seats, BJP loses in Nagpur

In a setback for the BJP, which lost power in the state after Assembly elections last year, its candidate also lost in Nagpur, a bastion of the saffron party

Rahul Gandhi's lack of consistency raises some doubts, says Sharad Pawar

Commenting on Rahul Gandhi's credentials as a national leader, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that he seems to lack "consistency" to some extent

Sharad Pawar to meet Nashik onion cultivators over suspended auctions

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he will be meeting onion cultivators in Nashik, where auctions were suspended at APMCs in protest against the Centre-imposed stock limit on the staple

The importance of being Sharad Pawar

For no other politician have the lines kahin pe nigaahen, kahin pe nishana been more apt

'Unprecedented' agri losses in Maharashtra due to floods: Sharad Pawar

The NCP chief asked farmers not to give up hope

Hill-man not yet over the hill

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's recent letter to the CM gave the state Bjp a talking-point to launch a campaign against the state govt