Malviya had claimed Rahul Gandhi’s tweet showing a cane-wielding policeman charging an old farmer was ‘propaganda’, but fact-checkers have shown it was real.
The farmers at the Delhi-Noida border belong to various districts of western UP and want to reach Delhi to join the bigger stir launched by Punjab and Haryana farmers.
Protesting the contentious agriculture laws, farmers have come prepared, with at least 2 months worth of ration, blankets to fight Delhi’s winter and even cards to pass time.
The Congress leader in a Twitter post said that everyone was indebted to the farmers for their hard work and this debt would be repaid only by giving them justice.
The consequence of the Modi govt skipping steps of a deliberative democracy is that the farm bill’s policy argument plays out in emotions instead of economics.
At a public meeting in Varanasi, PM Modi said the same people who played tricks with farmers in the name of MSP, loan waiver & fertiliser subsidy, were opposing the reforms today.
While some of the farmers unions from Punjab & Haryana are politically affiliated, since September, when they launched their stir, they have steadfastly kept politicians out.
Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
Disclaimer: Want. The best for farmers and want the best for the country. No doubts on that.
To protest is a rights in democracy. No doubt on that either. Can such protests (Right or wrong) tread on the toes of the public by disrupting / destroying public conveniences? (Like blocking railway lines / roads etc) The courts too have ruled against that
Nowadays it is a matter of choice of whom to believe, no?
Do we believe the fact checkers themselves?
Disclaimer: Want. The best for farmers and want the best for the country. No doubts on that.
To protest is a rights in democracy. No doubt on that either. Can such protests (Right or wrong) tread on the toes of the public by disrupting / destroying public conveniences? (Like blocking railway lines / roads etc) The courts too have ruled against that
Just asking