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Ex-MLA Gets 3 Years Jail For Threatening To Burn Down Police Station In Madhya Pradesh
In 2017, Ex-MLA and Congress leader Shakuntala Khatik had asked a crowd of protesters to "burn the police station down" in a video that was widely shared online.
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BJP To Hold "Tractor Rally" In Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur on July 1
The BJP will organise a "tractor rally" in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur on July 1 in an apparent show of strength in the Assembly election year with the district having emerged as a locus of farmer politics following the death of five farmers in a protest last year, a party leader said today.
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"Be Sensitive": Nitish Kumar's Party Advises Ally BJP On Farm Distress
On a day Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on the BJP-led governments at the centre and in Madhya Pradesh over farm distress, BJP ally JD(U) criticized the ruling party for its handling of the agrarian crisis and the fallout of the firing on protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh a year ago.
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"Officer Told Us To Skip": Mandsaur Farmer's Family On Rahul Gandhi Rally
The parents of a farmer who died in police firing in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur last year say they have been asked by district officials to skip the rally Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is holding today. The families of six men killed during the farmers' protests, the news of which seared the country, have been invited to the rally. Some of them are ex...
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Amid Farmer Protests, Rahul Gandhi To Hold Rally In Poll-Bound Madhya Pradesh Today
As part of his outreach to farmers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will meet protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur today. The Congress has planned a 'Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp Rally' in Mandsaur's district's Khokhra (Piplia Mandi). During his visit, Mr Gandhi will also meet family members of farmers killed in police firing a year ago.
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Rahul Gandhi To Address Farmers' Rally In Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur On June 6
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will participate in a protest at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh where six farmers were killed in alleged police firing last year.
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Farmers Begin 10-Day Protest; Milk, Vegetable Supply To Be Affected: 10 Points
Fresh produce from farms and thousands of litres of milk have ended up on streets on the first day of the 10-day protest by farmers in seven states, including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The much-hyped demonstration, "Gaon Bandh", is being held to demand a complete loan waiver, minimum support price for their yield and an assuran...
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Farmers' Protest Live Updates: Farmers Block Transport Of Produce Outside Villages In 7 States
The farmers in Madhya Pradesh have organinsed a protest for the first ten days of June on the first anniversary of farmers' protest in Mandsaur during which five protesters were killed in police firing. The state government has said it has made appropriate security arrangements.
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Before Farmers' Stir, Madhya Pradesh Villagers Told to Sign Peace Bonds
Ahead of the first anniversary of farmers' protest in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur during which five protesters were killed in police firing, the district administration has asked hundreds of villagers to sign a bond saying they will maintain peace in the area.
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Mandsaur Firing: Police Release Names Of 32 People Booked For Violence
A month after five farmers were killed in the police firing during the protest in Piplya Mandi near Mandsaur, the police have released the names of 32 persons who were earlier booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, in connection with the violence.
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Opinion: Arresting Us Will Not Stop Fight For Farmers In Mandsaur
The government has started resorting to repressive measures. It is accusing the protesting farmers of acting at the behest of 'opium smugglers'.
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Farmer Protests Flare Up, Several States Hit: 10 Points
Farmers across three states held protests today demanding loan waivers, a higher support price for their crops and implementation of other recommendations made by the Swaminathan Commission, which had been focusing on the reasons for farmers' distress. For several hours in Haryana, farmer unions blocked highways. In Madhya Pradesh, where six farmer...
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Agriculture Minister, Roasted For Yoga Amid Crisis, Cancels China Trip
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has announced that he had put off his China visit beginning tomorrow in view of the ongoing farmers' agitation. Mr Singh had been criticised by the opposition for participating in Ramdev's yoga camp last week a day after five farmers died in police firing in Madhya Pradesh.
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After Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia In Face-Off With Cops: 10 Facts
Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was stopped on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur today. The Congress leader has said he will sit on dharna at Dhodhar - nearly 675 km from Mandsaur -- till peace is restored. Earlier today, Hardik Patel, the man leading the Patidar agitation for reservation in government jobs and education, got arrested w...
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Shivraj Chouhan's Government In Madhya Pradesh Like 'Hitler's Rule': Jyotiraditya Scindia
Stating that the death of five farmers in police firing in Mandsaur was a blot on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has equated the BJP regime in Madhya Pradesh to "Hitler's rule".
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Ex-MLA Gets 3 Years Jail For Threatening To Burn Down Police Station In Madhya Pradesh
In 2017, Ex-MLA and Congress leader Shakuntala Khatik had asked a crowd of protesters to "burn the police station down" in a video that was widely shared online.
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BJP To Hold "Tractor Rally" In Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur on July 1
The BJP will organise a "tractor rally" in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur on July 1 in an apparent show of strength in the Assembly election year with the district having emerged as a locus of farmer politics following the death of five farmers in a protest last year, a party leader said today.
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"Be Sensitive": Nitish Kumar's Party Advises Ally BJP On Farm Distress
On a day Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on the BJP-led governments at the centre and in Madhya Pradesh over farm distress, BJP ally JD(U) criticized the ruling party for its handling of the agrarian crisis and the fallout of the firing on protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh a year ago.
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"Officer Told Us To Skip": Mandsaur Farmer's Family On Rahul Gandhi Rally
The parents of a farmer who died in police firing in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur last year say they have been asked by district officials to skip the rally Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is holding today. The families of six men killed during the farmers' protests, the news of which seared the country, have been invited to the rally. Some of them are ex...
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Amid Farmer Protests, Rahul Gandhi To Hold Rally In Poll-Bound Madhya Pradesh Today
As part of his outreach to farmers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will meet protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur today. The Congress has planned a 'Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp Rally' in Mandsaur's district's Khokhra (Piplia Mandi). During his visit, Mr Gandhi will also meet family members of farmers killed in police firing a year ago.
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Rahul Gandhi To Address Farmers' Rally In Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur On June 6
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will participate in a protest at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh where six farmers were killed in alleged police firing last year.
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Farmers Begin 10-Day Protest; Milk, Vegetable Supply To Be Affected: 10 Points
Fresh produce from farms and thousands of litres of milk have ended up on streets on the first day of the 10-day protest by farmers in seven states, including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The much-hyped demonstration, "Gaon Bandh", is being held to demand a complete loan waiver, minimum support price for their yield and an assuran...
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Farmers' Protest Live Updates: Farmers Block Transport Of Produce Outside Villages In 7 States
The farmers in Madhya Pradesh have organinsed a protest for the first ten days of June on the first anniversary of farmers' protest in Mandsaur during which five protesters were killed in police firing. The state government has said it has made appropriate security arrangements.
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Before Farmers' Stir, Madhya Pradesh Villagers Told to Sign Peace Bonds
Ahead of the first anniversary of farmers' protest in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur during which five protesters were killed in police firing, the district administration has asked hundreds of villagers to sign a bond saying they will maintain peace in the area.
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Mandsaur Firing: Police Release Names Of 32 People Booked For Violence
A month after five farmers were killed in the police firing during the protest in Piplya Mandi near Mandsaur, the police have released the names of 32 persons who were earlier booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, in connection with the violence.
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Opinion: Arresting Us Will Not Stop Fight For Farmers In Mandsaur
The government has started resorting to repressive measures. It is accusing the protesting farmers of acting at the behest of 'opium smugglers'.
-
Farmer Protests Flare Up, Several States Hit: 10 Points
Farmers across three states held protests today demanding loan waivers, a higher support price for their crops and implementation of other recommendations made by the Swaminathan Commission, which had been focusing on the reasons for farmers' distress. For several hours in Haryana, farmer unions blocked highways. In Madhya Pradesh, where six farmer...
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Agriculture Minister, Roasted For Yoga Amid Crisis, Cancels China Trip
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has announced that he had put off his China visit beginning tomorrow in view of the ongoing farmers' agitation. Mr Singh had been criticised by the opposition for participating in Ramdev's yoga camp last week a day after five farmers died in police firing in Madhya Pradesh.
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After Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia In Face-Off With Cops: 10 Facts
Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was stopped on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur today. The Congress leader has said he will sit on dharna at Dhodhar - nearly 675 km from Mandsaur -- till peace is restored. Earlier today, Hardik Patel, the man leading the Patidar agitation for reservation in government jobs and education, got arrested w...
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Shivraj Chouhan's Government In Madhya Pradesh Like 'Hitler's Rule': Jyotiraditya Scindia
Stating that the death of five farmers in police firing in Mandsaur was a blot on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has equated the BJP regime in Madhya Pradesh to "Hitler's rule".
