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Kisan Kranti Yatra in Delhi: Presentations alone won't solve agrarian distress, govt must examine ground reality
Yatishyadav •The ill-conceived effort to resolve woes of farmers, who are harvesting debt every month, through official presentations is nothing more than a repetitive process irrespective of the shades of power in the Centre since independence, and the reason why farmers marched to Delhi as part of Kisan Kranti Yatra
AHP leader Pravin Togadia says Narendra Modi has 'ditched' farmers, claims their suicides were 'genocide committed by governments'
•Pravin Togadia said if the government was not paying heed to their peaceful protests, cultivators "should pick up sticks".
Kisan-Mazdoor Rally in Delhi LIVE updates: Red flags cover road in capital as thousands march to Parliament Street
Fp Staff •Kisan-Mazdoor Rally in Delhi LIVE updates: The farmers and labourers are marching in protest in Delhi against government's labour laws. They demand that all workers should be given a minimum wage of at least Rs 18,000 per month
Naveen Patnaik urges Narendra Modi to frame national policy on farm loan waivers in order to tackle agrarian distress
Ians •Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik has proposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a national policy on farm loan waivers
Rahul Gandhi to address farmers' rally in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur on 6 June
Ians •Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address a farmer's rally in Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh on 6 June, the day seven farmers had died in a police firing last year.
President Ram Nath Kovind's address to Parliament indicates government sees agrarian crisis as major challenge
Debobrat Ghose •If Gujarat Assembly election results were an indication, and if one reads the fine print of President Ramnath Kovind’s address to the Parliamentarians ahead of the Budget Session on Monday, then the agriculture sector seems to be emerging as one of the biggest challenges for the Narendra Modi government and the BJP.
Rajasthan govt must waive loans of farmers like in Maharashtra and UP, says Sachin Pilot
•Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Monday demanded that the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in the state immediately waive the loans of farmers on the lines of relief provided to them in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Agriculture crisis: It's high time for govt to re-look at MSP as a tool to rescue farmers
Jagadishshettigar •It has become religious ritual that every year central cabinet meets to revise MSP upwards