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Farmers protest LIVE updates: AIKSCC says govt holding talks with so-called ‘farmer leaders’ as illusory

The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) has called the talks that the government is holding with so-called "farmer leaders" as illusory and diversionary tactics to draw attention away from the farmers’ problems. The government is holding discussions with people who neither represent the struggling farmers nor do they articulate the demands of farmers. It is clear that the government does not wish to listen to the voice of the farmers gathered outside Delhi and is instead trying to garner support from lobbyists and vested interests to fool people, AIKSCC said.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: P Chidambaram says govt should reach agreement with farmers quickly

Former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram hit out at the government and said: "It is shocking that after 20 days of farmers’ protests in the bitter winter of Delhi, the government continues to stick to the ‘no repeal’ stand. It is obvious that any agreement between farmers and government will necessarily require a new Bill to be passed in Parliament." He added in a tweet: "The simple way forward is to repeal the present laws and re-enact a new law based on the agreement. Repeal and re-enactment is a well-known legislative tool. Government should climb down from its high horse and reach an agreement with the farmers quickly."

Farmers protest LIVE updates: On Gujarat visit, PM interacts with farmers, SHG members

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with farmers from Kutch district of Gujarat, including those from Punjab who have settled here, and also members of a local self-help group (SHG). The separate interactions took place on the sidelines of an event where Modi, on a day-long visit to Gujarat, laid foundation stones for a host of projects in the border district. The PM met delegations of farmers from Punjab settled in Kutch district as well as local cultivators and heard their issues with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani accompanying him. Sikh farmers cultivate land in areas near the Indo-Pak border.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Cong workers stage protests outside BJP HQ in Delhi

Congress party workers staged a massive protest against the central government over the Farm Laws, outside BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Meanwhile, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary has said that farmers' crisis is becoming serious and Pakistan is trying to interfere in this. He said, I have requested a session of Parliament to be called and a discussion be held to resolve the issue."

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Rahul Gandhi says, for Modi govt, protesting Indian farmers are Khalistani

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took pot shots at the Modi government and said for them dissenting students are anti-nationals. "Concerned citizens are urban naxals, migrant labourers are COVID-19 carriers, rape victims are nobody. Now, protesting farmers are Khalistani and crony capitalists are best friends," Gandhi said.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Devendra Fadnavis says opposition to Farm Laws is politically motivated

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has raised objections said, "In the year 2010, a committee comprising ministers from all states was set up regarding the implementation of agriculture reforms with a view that farmers should have a competitive and alternative marketing mechanism at their disposal." He said a committee set up for this purpose was headed by Harshvardhan Patil, who was a minister in then Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra. "When these reforms are implemented now, why should there be opposition (to the three agricultural laws passed by the Centre). This (opposition to the laws) is politically motivated," he said.

Farmers who are surrounding Delhi have been misguided, says PM Modi

PM Modi said that farmers surrounding Delhi have been misguided.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Exercise, reading and sewa', farmers crack code of protest life' miles from home

Sewa' at community kitchens, attending religious discourses, reading newspapers and exercising. Twenty days on, life has settled into a routine for protesting farmers who are devising ways to crack the code of living through an agitation with no immediate end in sight. When they are not raising slogans demanding a repeal of the new farm laws or listening to speeches, the protesters, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are familiarising themselves with their new way of life at Delhi's gateways.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: 'Khaps' of UP's Muzaffarnagar to reach Delhi on Dec 17 to support protesting farmers

A number of "khaps" in UP's Muzaffarnagar have extended support to the farmers' agitation against the Centre's new agri laws and will join the ongoing protests at Delhi's border points on December 17. The decision was taken at a meeting of the chiefs of "khaps" (caste councils) held on Monday at Shoram village in the Shahpur police station area here, Subhash Balyan, secretary of All Khap council, said.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Two Punjab farmers returning from Delhi protest killed in road accident

Two Punjab farmers who were returning to Patiala from a protest site near Delhi's borders were killed in an early morning accident on Tuesday after their tractor trolley was hit by a truck in Haryana's Karnal district, police said. Another farmer has received injuries in the incident which took place on Taraori flyover, they said, adding a few more on the trolley escaped with minor injuries. Taraori police station's SHO Inspector Sachin said the deceased were aged around 24 years and 50 years.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: MP farmer turns millionaire after finding Rs 60 lakh diamond

A farmer from Madhya Pradesh has become a millionaire after finding a 14.98 carat diamond which has fetched Rs 60.60 lakh at an auction, officials said on Tuesday. Overall, 74 diamonds of total 129.83 carats were sold during the three-day auction conducted by the diamond office, which comes under the district administration, here last week, they said.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Don't 'blindly oppose' new farm laws, says MoS Kishan Reddy

Farmers and political parties should not 'blindly oppose' the farm laws or demand their repeal, but study them in detail as the Centre was ready to address their concerns, Union Minister of State Kishan Reddy said here on Monday. The laws brought out by the Centre are in public domain and farmers could seek clarifications from any one, including himself, at any time, he said.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: UK minister urged to intervene as protests show support for Indian farmers

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been urged to raise human rights concerns related to the protests by farmers in India in talks with his Indian counterparts during a scheduled visit to New Delhi this week, following a weekend of demonstrations held in solidarity in different parts of the UK. Liberal Democrat party leader Ed Davey said that while the agricultural reform policies are a matter of Indian domestic politics, the use of "militarised police" against the protesters was of some concern.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Gehlot urges Centre to resolve farmers' anti-farm laws issues

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday urged the Centre to find an amicable solution to farmers' protest against the three recent farm laws without accusing antinational elements of being behind the stir. "The statements issued by BJP leaders decrying farmers' protest are most unfortunate and condemnable," Gehlot said in a tweet.

Farmers' protest finds mention during hearing of Delhi riots case

The demonstration during the farmers' protest to free several arrested activists, including JNU student Sharjeel Imam, came up for mention before a court here on Monday during the hearing of a case related to north east Delhi riots. During the hearing of a bail application of Devangana Kalita, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention Act) in a riots case, her counsel said just because the farmers' protests were demonstrating posters to free Sharjeel Imam, it did not mean that they (farmers) were part of the riots too.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Police 'torturing' farmers in UP, U'Khand to stop them from joining protests, says BKU

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday alleged that Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand police were "torturing" farmers by seizing their tractor trolleys to stop them from joining protests against the Centre's new agri laws. He threatened to block the Ghazipur border if the farmers from the two states were not allowed to join the agitation.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Farmers' protest may impact economic recovery, says CII

The current agitation by farmers has led to supply chain disruptions, which will impact the economy in the coming days and may impinge upon the ongoing recovery from the economic contraction due to COVID19, industry body CII said on Monday. "Given the challenge to get the economy back on the growth trajectory, Confederation of Indian Industry urges all the stakeholders to urgently seek ways to end the ongoing protests and reach an amicable solution, in the interest of industry and economy," CII said. 

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Amid protests over agri laws, PM to meet farmers in Kutch

Amid the ongoing protest by farmers on Delhi borders against the Centre's new agri laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet members of the farming community, including Sikh cultivators in Gujarat, during a visit to Kutch district on Tuesday. Modi will be at Dhordo in Kutch to lay the foundation stones for several projects coming up in different parts of the border district, an official statement said on Monday.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Kejriwal, Amarinder Singh in Twitter spat over ongoing farmers' protest

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh engaged in a Twitter spat on Monday over the ongoing farmers' protest against the three recentlyenacted agriculturerelated laws. The war of words between the two leaders began after Singh, addressing a press conference at Chandigarh on Sunday, described as "theatrics" Kejriwal's announcement earlier during that day that he will observe a oneday fast on Monday in support of the protesting farmers.