The union minister beat his closest rival, BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya, by a margin of 24,461 votes. Sitting Congress MLA Ravindra Tomar came a distant third.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar is contesting from Thakur-dominated Dimani, where fertiliser shortage & farm distress are main issues, with BSP factor thrown into the mix.
Narendra Tomar, Prahlad Patel, Faggan Kulaste to contest. Singrauli MP fielded instead of sitting MLA linked to man who allegedly urinated on tribal in July.
Union minister indicates that no one leader will helm yatra, which Shivraj Chouhan led solo ahead of 2018 polls. Last week, Amit had sidestepped question on whether Chouhan will be CM face.
Baba Aman Singh, who was presented with a siropa by Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar in July, is also an accused in a drugs hauls case involving 900 kg of ganja.
Govt and farmer unions have held 11 rounds of talks to break the deadlock and end the farmers' protest. Talks have not resumed following violence during the 26 January tractor rally.
The Agriculture minister was replying to a query on Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait threatening to march to Parliament with 40 lakh tractors if laws are not repealed.
The farmer leader was responding to Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar's remark Sunday where he said that mere gathering of crowd does not lead to revocation of laws.
Addressing a press conference in Assam, the Union Agriculture Minister said PM Narendra Modi has said in parliament that the govt is willing to discuss the 3 acts clause-by-clause.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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