Yashwant Sinha Farmers Protest

The people have tamed autocrats in the past, they have been tamed once more and will continue to be tamed in future.

The BJP is securely ensconced in power and behaves pretty much as it likes. There is no issue, no suffering, no pain, which the people are not willing to undergo, drunk as they are with the heady wine of rabid communalism.

The Shiv Sena today said the response garnered by BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's agitation in Maharashtra over farmers' issues should set off alarm bells for the state government.

BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha today called off his three-day-old protest at Akola in Vidarbha region over farmers' issues, saying Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had assured him that their demands will be met.

Two opposition chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal have tweeted support for senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has said he will "not budge" from a police ground where he was detained yesterday and has spent over 24 hours so far, till the demands of farmers of the region are not met. Mr Sinha has accused the Maharashtra government...

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha was detained by the police in Maharashtra's Akola on Monday evening while protesting against what he called the government's "apathy" towards farmers of the Vidarbha region. Mr Sinha, whose party is in power in Maharashtra, told NDTV this morning that he along with protesting farmers are still at the police lines an...

Yashwant Sinha, former union minister, was detained by the police in Maharashtra's Akola on Monday evening during a farmers' protest against government "apathy" in the Vidarbha region, a senior official said.

Another BJP leader Ananth Kumar said, "we strongly protest against the steep hike and condemn it. There is a fire against corruption raging across the country and government has poured dieselover it. It will have a cascading effect on inflation and price rise. It will hit the common man, farmers and the labourers."

The people have tamed autocrats in the past, they have been tamed once more and will continue to be tamed in future.

The BJP is securely ensconced in power and behaves pretty much as it likes. There is no issue, no suffering, no pain, which the people are not willing to undergo, drunk as they are with the heady wine of rabid communalism.

The Shiv Sena today said the response garnered by BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's agitation in Maharashtra over farmers' issues should set off alarm bells for the state government.

BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha today called off his three-day-old protest at Akola in Vidarbha region over farmers' issues, saying Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had assured him that their demands will be met.

Two opposition chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal have tweeted support for senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has said he will "not budge" from a police ground where he was detained yesterday and has spent over 24 hours so far, till the demands of farmers of the region are not met. Mr Sinha has accused the Maharashtra government...

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha was detained by the police in Maharashtra's Akola on Monday evening while protesting against what he called the government's "apathy" towards farmers of the Vidarbha region. Mr Sinha, whose party is in power in Maharashtra, told NDTV this morning that he along with protesting farmers are still at the police lines an...

Yashwant Sinha, former union minister, was detained by the police in Maharashtra's Akola on Monday evening during a farmers' protest against government "apathy" in the Vidarbha region, a senior official said.

Another BJP leader Ananth Kumar said, "we strongly protest against the steep hike and condemn it. There is a fire against corruption raging across the country and government has poured dieselover it. It will have a cascading effect on inflation and price rise. It will hit the common man, farmers and the labourers."