Speaking to the media after the meeting, Priyanka Gandhi claimed that President Kovind assured them he will talk to the government in this regard today.
Responding to a question during a conversation at Harvard Kennedy School, Finance Minister Sitharaman said such issues should be raised 'when they happen and not when it suits others'.
BJP is concerned Opposition is milking the Lakhimpur Kheri incident to paint party and Modi govt as ‘insensitive’, ‘anti-farmer’ and indulging in human rights violations.
Vadra, other Congress leaders and prominent farmer union leaders arrived in the district's Tikonia village to pay tribute to the four farmers and journalist killed on 3 October.
Ashish Mishra, arrested Saturday, was granted three-day police remand under the condition that he won't be harassed and his lawyer would remain present during interrogation.
The second FIR makes no reference to farmers' killing and claims journalist Raman Kashyap, car driver Hari Om & BJP workers were lynched by the protesters.
Paddy, wheat farmers from Lakhimpur Kheri noted they are often forced to sell their produce to commission agents as government officials cite various excuses to avoid buying their produce.
Chugh added that the UP government has registered criminal cases in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and instituted a judicial commission under a retired high court judge.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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