Farmers to mark 100 days of agri protests today
To commemorate the day, plans are in works to block a major expressway outside New Delhi on March 6.
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Updated: Mar 6, 2021, 06:46 AM IST
The farmers agitation against the Centre s farm laws on Saturday will complete 100 days. The protests, which started on November 26, are still going on as eleven rounds of talks held between the government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand to repeal farm laws yielded no results.
To commemorate the day, plans are in works to block a major expressway outside New Delhi today.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) announced on Wednesday that they are planning to block the six-lane Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway for five hours, from 11 am to till 4 pm.
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New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Defending Centre's policies for farmers and referring to those taking a "U-Turn" from laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday quoted his predecessor Manmohan Singh who had once called for making one single market for agriculture produce.
We need to give these reforms a chance, PM Modi said.
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Minimum Support Price will remain, he said
We need to give these reforms a chance, he added
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged farmers to end their protests since November against three laws, assuring that the system of MSP or Minimum Support Prices would remain in place. He also referenced his predecessor Manmohan Singh as he derided what he called the Congress s u-turn on farm reforms. End your protests and we will all sit together and talk. We are ready for talks and I am inviting you again for dialogue from this House, PM Modi said in the Rajya Sabha, in his reply to a debate on the President s Budget session speech.