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NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi announced on Friday to repeal farm laws in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The public discourse and Opposition leaders gave a political angle to this announcement as elections are due in farmer-dominated states like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh early next year. But the statistics from last year and this […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday stressed that the sacrifices of more than 700 farmer families, who allegedly died in last one year while protesting against the three farm laws have paid off today as the government has decided to repeal the contentious laws. Her remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

CHANDIGARH: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday announced a memorial in Punjab in remembrance of those who lost their lives during year-long farmers’ movement. Channi said so far they (government) have not decided about the site, but the government would decide after discussing with the farmers’ union. He was addressing media here in Punjab […]

NEW DELHI: The farm laws may have been repealed by the central government but Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait and Jai Kisan Morcha founder Yogendra Yadav on Friday maintained that the ongoing farmers’ protest will be withdrawn only after the contentious legislations are repealed in Parliament and a legal guarantee on minimum support […]

LUCKNOW: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to repeal the three farm laws in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that it was being done eyeing the “vote bank” politics as Bharatiya Janata Party is sensing defeat in upcoming state elections. […]