Politics Over Farmers

Supreme Court-appointed farm panel member Anil Ghanwat today described as regressive the Central government's decision to repeal the three farm laws which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.

Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Raut, on Thursday, slammed the government over Lakhimpur Kheri incident, where eight people including four farmers died in the violence that took place on October 3.

The violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, that left eight people including four farmers dead - triggering a major political row over the alleged involvement of a union minister's son, will be taken up by a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Just

Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana on Tuesday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government over sealing the district borders and stopping the opposition leaders from visiting Lakhimpur Kheri, where 8 people, including 4 farmers, died on Sunday.

Various political parties and farmers' outfits have expressed outrage over the killings of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, demanding the dismissal of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and filing a first information report.

The BJP is getting desperate in the face of the growing support to farmers and its political implications and impact.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis traded sharp words Tuesday on the political row that has erupted over Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar's tweets in support of the centre and its handling of the farmers' protest

BJP leaders on Thursday slammed the AAP government for withdrawing DTC buses hired for police and paramilitary personnel amid farmer protests at the city's border points, alleging that the ruling party was spreading "anarchy" for "political gains" in Punjab.

BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi today joined the growing list of political leaders and celebrities who have been up in arms over foreign nationals' support for the farmers protesting on the outskirts of Delhi following tweets by pop icon Rihanna. Ms Lekhi's target was teen climate activist and Nobel Peace prize nominee Greta Thunberg, who had t...

Alleging that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government is doing politics over farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws, Shiv Sena on Wednesday said the government at the Centre does not want to resolve farmers'' issues and is playing "meeting-meeting" with them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday exchanged barbs over a central scheme under which farmers are entitled to a yearly grant of Rs 6,000. A day after the political fight, NDTV met with some Bengal farmers to know their views on the scheme, called Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi or PM-Kisan.

Representatives from 24 political parties plan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday, ahead of the talks between protesting farmers and the Centre to resolve the deadlock over the farm sector laws. Congress's Rahul Gandhi is expected to be part of the delegation along with Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar, CPM's Sitaram Yechury, CPI...

The bitter blame-game between the political stakeholders in Punjab over farmers' protest continued unabated on Friday, with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh attacking former Union minister, Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, over the contentious farm laws passed by the Centre recently

Pro-farmer organisations backed by a number of other social and political outfits today staged protests across Karnataka over the amendments to the APMC and land reforms act.

All three controversial farm bills that are at the centre of a huge political storm and cost the ruling BJP its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, became laws on Sunday with the signature of President Ram Nath Kovind. Flagging them as "historic" reforms in the agri sector, the Centre has said it would help the country's farmers proceed into the...

Supreme Court-appointed farm panel member Anil Ghanwat today described as regressive the Central government's decision to repeal the three farm laws which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.

Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Raut, on Thursday, slammed the government over Lakhimpur Kheri incident, where eight people including four farmers died in the violence that took place on October 3.

The violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, that left eight people including four farmers dead - triggering a major political row over the alleged involvement of a union minister's son, will be taken up by a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Just

Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana on Tuesday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government over sealing the district borders and stopping the opposition leaders from visiting Lakhimpur Kheri, where 8 people, including 4 farmers, died on Sunday.

Various political parties and farmers' outfits have expressed outrage over the killings of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, demanding the dismissal of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and filing a first information report.

The BJP is getting desperate in the face of the growing support to farmers and its political implications and impact.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis traded sharp words Tuesday on the political row that has erupted over Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar's tweets in support of the centre and its handling of the farmers' protest

BJP leaders on Thursday slammed the AAP government for withdrawing DTC buses hired for police and paramilitary personnel amid farmer protests at the city's border points, alleging that the ruling party was spreading "anarchy" for "political gains" in Punjab.

BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi today joined the growing list of political leaders and celebrities who have been up in arms over foreign nationals' support for the farmers protesting on the outskirts of Delhi following tweets by pop icon Rihanna. Ms Lekhi's target was teen climate activist and Nobel Peace prize nominee Greta Thunberg, who had t...

Alleging that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government is doing politics over farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws, Shiv Sena on Wednesday said the government at the Centre does not want to resolve farmers'' issues and is playing "meeting-meeting" with them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday exchanged barbs over a central scheme under which farmers are entitled to a yearly grant of Rs 6,000. A day after the political fight, NDTV met with some Bengal farmers to know their views on the scheme, called Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi or PM-Kisan.

Representatives from 24 political parties plan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday, ahead of the talks between protesting farmers and the Centre to resolve the deadlock over the farm sector laws. Congress's Rahul Gandhi is expected to be part of the delegation along with Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar, CPM's Sitaram Yechury, CPI...

The bitter blame-game between the political stakeholders in Punjab over farmers' protest continued unabated on Friday, with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh attacking former Union minister, Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, over the contentious farm laws passed by the Centre recently

Pro-farmer organisations backed by a number of other social and political outfits today staged protests across Karnataka over the amendments to the APMC and land reforms act.

All three controversial farm bills that are at the centre of a huge political storm and cost the ruling BJP its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, became laws on Sunday with the signature of President Ram Nath Kovind. Flagging them as "historic" reforms in the agri sector, the Centre has said it would help the country's farmers proceed into the...