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After Congress, non-BJP states explore ways to fight farm laws
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has urged all legislators to join his delegation on Wednesday to request President Ram Nath Kovind for swift assent to the farm bills passed in the Assembly, to step up pressure on the Union government.
2 min read2 Nov 2020Punjab’s farm bill likely to focus on regulating private players
Captain Amarinder Singh-led government’s framework is expected to focus on regulating the entry of private players in the agriculture sector and laying down the norms for their functioning
3 min read20 Oct 2020Punjab Cabinet authorises CM to take decision on farm laws
The state Cabinet authorised the CM 'to take any legislative/legal decision he may deem fit to protect interests of farmers'The CM said contrary to what the BJP and its leaders had been claiming, Punjab was never consulted on farm legislations
3 min read18 Oct 2020SC issues notice to Centre on pleas challenging contentious farm laws
As per the petitioners, the farm laws pertaining to agriculture trade are against the constitutional provisions. Agriculture and agricultural trade come exclusive with the State subject and not under Centre, they have argued.
1 min read12 Oct 2020Opposing new farm bills is akin to supporting middlemen, says PM Modi
Modi said critics of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's move to transform lives of farmers, labourers, and the financially weaker, support the corrupt
2 min read11 Oct 2020After Punjab, Rahul to hold tractor rallies in Haryana on 6 and 7 Oct
Gandhi will hold the rallies in Kurukshetra and Karnal districts of the state, party leaders saidThe Congress leader arrived in Punjab on Sunday for a three-day visit to lead a series of tractor rallies against the Centre's farm laws
3 min read4 Oct 2020Farmers block Ambala-Hisar Highway in protest against farm bills
Members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee wore black clothes as their 'rail roko' protest on railway tracks in Devidaspura village of Amritsar against Farm Laws entered the seventh day today
1 min read30 Sep 2020Sonia Gandhi urges Congress-ruled states to explore options to overrule govt's farm laws
The interim Congress President has asked the states ruled by her party to bring in laws under Article 254(2) of the constitution to override the government’s new farm bills, which have provoked massive farmer protests in parts of India
1 min read28 Sep 2020BJP hits out at Congress over tractor-burning incident near India Gate
Around 15-20 people set a tractor on fire at India Gate on Monday morning, police saidFive people said to be members of the Punjab Youth Congress have been detained
2 min read28 Sep 2020Exploring all options to protect farmers' interests: Amarinder on farm Bills
The chief minister is scheduled to sit on a dharna against the legislations at Khatkar Kalan on Monday after paying tributes to Shaheed Bhagat SinghThe President's assent had come as a big blow to the farmers, who are out on the roads protesting against the Centre's assault on their interests
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