Farmers Protest Congress

The Congress ripped into BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Tuesday afternoon following the actor-politician's fresh comment on the three farm laws that were at the core of farmers' protest of 2020.

Farmers pushing the government to revamp the MSP, or minimum support price, policy met Congress MP Rahul Gandhi inside the Parliament complex Wednesday morning.

Brijendra Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Haryana's Hisar, today resigned from the primary membership of the party, and joined the Congress just weeks ahead of the general elections.

Amid raging farmers' protest, the Congress on Tuesday announced that it will bring in a law guaranteeing MSP or Minimum Support Price for various crops if it is voted to power at the Centre.

The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government secured 129 votes in the test of strength amid opposition walkout in Bihar assembly.

Reacting to former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's claim that there was 'pressure' from India to block accounts covering the farmers' protests, Congress leader KC Venugopal said today that the government wants to suppress the opposition's voice.

A group of farmers in Rajasthan's Alwar held a protest during the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, demanding a waiver of their loans.

Scores of farmers affiliated to the All India Kisan Congress on Friday gathered at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi to demand legal guarantee for MSP and compensation for the relatives of farmers killed in last year's agitation.

The All India Kisan Congress will hold a day-long protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on December 9 over demand of the long-pending issues of farmers including making minimum support price (MSP), during the Winter Session of Parliament.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the Modi government of not fulfilling its promises on MSP, compensation and withdrawal of cases against farmers who participated in the protests against the three central agri laws.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that had Prime Minister Narendra Modi established dialogue with the farmers who were protesting against the new agriculture laws, "733 lives" would have been saved.

MLA Manoj Chawla showed up to support a protest by farmers, waiting for hours to get urea, and "facilitated" the loot, officials alleged.

Hollywood actor John Cusack, who had earlier extended support to the farmers' protest and the protest against Citizenship Amendment Act in India, has now expressed his solidarity with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Congress legislators dumped loads of garlic at a gate of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday, accusing the state BJP government of being apathetic towards farmers who were not getting adequate prices for their crops.

As the farmers prepare to leave their protest sites on Delhi's borders on Saturday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday said they will defeat injustice with courage.

The Congress ripped into BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Tuesday afternoon following the actor-politician's fresh comment on the three farm laws that were at the core of farmers' protest of 2020.

Farmers pushing the government to revamp the MSP, or minimum support price, policy met Congress MP Rahul Gandhi inside the Parliament complex Wednesday morning.

Brijendra Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Haryana's Hisar, today resigned from the primary membership of the party, and joined the Congress just weeks ahead of the general elections.

Amid raging farmers' protest, the Congress on Tuesday announced that it will bring in a law guaranteeing MSP or Minimum Support Price for various crops if it is voted to power at the Centre.

The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government secured 129 votes in the test of strength amid opposition walkout in Bihar assembly.

Reacting to former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's claim that there was 'pressure' from India to block accounts covering the farmers' protests, Congress leader KC Venugopal said today that the government wants to suppress the opposition's voice.

A group of farmers in Rajasthan's Alwar held a protest during the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, demanding a waiver of their loans.

Scores of farmers affiliated to the All India Kisan Congress on Friday gathered at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi to demand legal guarantee for MSP and compensation for the relatives of farmers killed in last year's agitation.

The All India Kisan Congress will hold a day-long protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on December 9 over demand of the long-pending issues of farmers including making minimum support price (MSP), during the Winter Session of Parliament.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the Modi government of not fulfilling its promises on MSP, compensation and withdrawal of cases against farmers who participated in the protests against the three central agri laws.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that had Prime Minister Narendra Modi established dialogue with the farmers who were protesting against the new agriculture laws, "733 lives" would have been saved.

MLA Manoj Chawla showed up to support a protest by farmers, waiting for hours to get urea, and "facilitated" the loot, officials alleged.

Hollywood actor John Cusack, who had earlier extended support to the farmers' protest and the protest against Citizenship Amendment Act in India, has now expressed his solidarity with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Congress legislators dumped loads of garlic at a gate of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday, accusing the state BJP government of being apathetic towards farmers who were not getting adequate prices for their crops.

As the farmers prepare to leave their protest sites on Delhi's borders on Saturday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday said they will defeat injustice with courage.