Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in the state Assembly on Friday that only the brokers who had betrayed farmers were unhappy over the new farm laws, prompting a sharp reaction from the Opposition benches who staged a walkout in protest. The issue had also come up when the House assembled in the morning, leading to the adjournment of the proceedings for an hour in two phases. After Leader of Opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary demanded in the House that the issue of the protest against the farm laws be taken up immediately, the chief minister said the dalaals (brokers) were worried as now the money is directly going into the accounts of farmers.
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The Delhi High Court Friday said certain media coverage of investigation into the FIR against climate activist Disha Ravi for her alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing farmers protest indicates sensationalism and prejudicial reporting , but declined to order removal of any such content at this stage. Recent coverage by the media definitely shows that there is sensationalism, Justice Prathiba M Singh said and added that the issue of removal of content which was already in public domain shall be considered at a later stage. Later in the day, a trial court sent Ravi to judicial custodyfor three days after her five-day police custody expired on Friday.
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Farmers on Thursday sat on railway tracks at many places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the four-hour rail roko protest against the Centre s three farm laws, with officials saying trains were halted at stations as a precautionary measure. Normal movement of trains on various rail routes was disrupted as farmers squatted on tracks. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions which is spearheading the protest, had last week announced the nationwide rail blockade to seek the repeal of the three farm laws. The farmers sat on tracks as part of the rail roko agitation from 12 noon to 4 pm.