Farmer Protests

Agitating farmers insist on legalising parali but rampant stubble burning violates Article 21

Considering the precarious situation, allowing the demand of the so-called farmers to burn crop as a matter of right is an unrestricted and blatant violation of the fundamental right to life of all residents of Delhi-NCR

Haryana suspends mobile internet in five districts ahead of farmers protest today; Section 144 imposed in Karnal

Protesting farmers have called for a gherao of mini-secretariat in Karnal Tuesday over the 28 August lathicharge where over 10 protesters were injured

Farm laws will destroy food security system, hurt rural economy, says Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Rahul also led MPs from the Congress, TMC, and DMK to observe a two-minute silence as a tribute to the farmers who lost their lives during the protest

Will hold R-Day tractor rally on Delhi's Outer Ring Road, insist farmers; no breakthrough in talks with police

The Delhi police sought to convince the farmer unions to hold their tractor rally on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway instead of the busy Outer Ring Road, but the farmers stuck to their demand

SC tells Centre to suspend implementation of farm laws, but judicial precedents call for caution in ordering interim stay

The presumption of constitutionality implies that courts should not interfere with the will of the legislature unless there are compelling reasons to do so

Centre, farmers set to resume talks over agri laws, MSP today; protesters endure heavy rains, cold weather

Last week, farmers had said that they will start shutting all malls and petrol pumps in Haryana if the government fails to resolve their main demands in the 4 January meeting

Farmers' Protests: Centre, farmers to hold next round of talks on Wednesday; agri laws and MSP to be discussed

Meanwhile, a group of farmers raised slogans against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and tried to gherao him when he visited Gurdwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab

JP Nadda slams Rahul Gandhi over criticism of farm laws, posts Congress leader's LS speech targetting middlemen

Rahul in a 2015 speech said farmers would not lose money paying commissions to middlemen if they could sell their produce directly to buyers

Narendra Modi pays tribute to Guru Gobind Singh in Mann Ki Baat address; hails success of 'vocal for local' campaign

Modi also spoke about his government's 'vocal for local' campaign and said that it has received widespread support from people

Arvind Kejriwal, AAP MLAs tear copies of farm laws in Delhi Assembly; Opposition decries 'cheap theatrics'

Both the Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP pointed out that Delhi was one of the first to notify the contentious Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act 2020 in November. The law allows sale of produce outside APMC mandis.