Congress leader Rahul Gandhi drives a tractor to reach Parliament in support of farmers agitation against Centre s farm reform laws during Monsoon Session, in New Delhi. (PTI)
NEW DELHI: Taking all by surprise and sending police into a tizzy, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday morning drove a tractor to the Parliament gate as part of the protest against the controversial farm laws, and demanded that the legislations be withdrawn. BJP dubbed it as “photo-op” and “theatrics” meant to derail the functioning of the two Houses.
In the high security area where heavy vehicles are closely monitored, Rahul executed a plan that was kept under the wraps till the last moment. As per CCTV footage, it was brought surreptitiously overnight from Haryana in a canter to avoid detection by police. Investigations have also begun to ascertain how the tractor reached the Lutyens’ Zone.
Budget presented on tablet; SAD, RLP and AAP boycott, Cong silent
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur leaves for the Parliament to announce the 2021-22 Union Budget, in New Delhi on Monday, 1st February 2021.(Photo: Qamar Sibtain/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 1 : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalemate was witnessed even during the Budget 2021 presentation in Parliament on Monday when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first ever digital annual expenditure of Independent India.
After sloganeering to repeal three contentious farm laws, the SAD along with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) walked out of the Lok Sabha in solidarity with the protesting farmers when Sitharaman began her speech at 11 a.m. However, the major opposition p
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Terms violence during Republic Day as unfortunate
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Police using tear gas to disperse farmers attempting to break barricades as they try to march from Tikri Border towards Peeragarhi during the farmers tractors rally (Kisan Gantantra Parade) amid the 72nd Republic Day celebrations, at Nangloi in New Delhi on Tuesday, 26, 2021. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Terms violence during Republic Day as unfortunate
The Union Government respects the Supreme Court and will abide by its
decision to stay the implementation of the three farm laws, President Ram Nath Kovind told a joint sitting of Parliament on Friday, even as he strongly defended the new laws and asserted that 10 crore small farmers have benefited from them.