BJP leader Harjeet Singh Grewal says protesting farmers were invited to Delhi, but farmers say they only got 'feelers'. Passenger & goods train services to Punjab were suspended in October.
In a letter to PM Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says the new amendments have led to hoarding of agricultural commodities, resulting in the common man suffering.
Modi added that under the Swamitva scheme, farmers will be issued property cards, which will help in getting loans and end the 'game of grabbing properties.'
As uproar broke out in the Haryana Assembly, CM Manohar Lal Khattar said the farm bills were in the interest of farmers so there was no point in bringing a resolution to condemn them.
Centre’s new farm laws aren’t an issue in Bihar as state had repealed APMC Act in 2006. But no politician, even CM Nitish, is highlighting its success stories.
Amarinder Singh had sought an appointment with the President Wednesday to seek assent to bills recently passed by the state in a bid to negate the Centre's new farm laws.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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