Opposition Congress legislators on Thursday carried out a march and staged a demonstration at the Porch of the Rajasthan assembly here in protest against alleged compromise on the interests of India's agriculture and dairy sectors, in the India-US trade deal.
He charged that, “It’s not a deal, it’s a surrender,” adding that any agreement that goes against the interests of the 70 per cent of the country’s population dependent on agriculture can never be beneficial.
In his article, Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Singh Sandhu said only few leaders would have courage to stand up against global powers when they turn up the heat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Thursday assured that India is committed to prioritizing farmers' welfare and will never compromise on their interests.
Yadav, while addressing an election meeting here in Jalesar on Sunday, said in this BJP double-engine government, loans worth lakhs of crores of rupees have been waived off but farmers, who have taken loans of thousands and lakhs of rupees, were harassed.
The Congress leader paid homage to the six farmers who were shot dead on this day in 2017 in Pipliya Mandi in MP.
Khaira said the Central government has not taken any concrete step in the direction of fulfilling the promises made at the time of the withdrawal of three anti-farmer laws.
Sukhbir Badal alleges that Punjab CM had been summoned by Union home minister Shah to Delhi 'to be told to choose between facing the ED probe and betraying protesting farmers'
As soon as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla completed the obituary references, the Sena MPs stood on their seats and started shouting slogans saying, 'we need justice for farmers.'
