Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: This comes days after Governor Arif Mohammed Khan declined consent for the Left government to convene a one-day session on 23 December to discuss the agri laws and express solidarity with farmers
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The Delhi Police say they detained about 50-60 Congress workers at 24 Akbar Road area of the Capital, while they were trying to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind, reports ANI.
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The Delhi Police say they detained about 50-60 Congress workers at 24 Akbar Road area of the Capital, while they were trying to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind, reports ANI.
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The Kerala cabinet on Thursday again decided to recommend to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan seeking approval for a special Assembly session on 31 December to discuss and pass a resolution against the three central farm laws, against which farmers have been protesting near Delhi.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the media about the cabinet decision and said his government was "hopeful" that the Governor would accord sanction for the special session.
This comes days after Governor Khan declined consent for the Left government in the southern state to convene a one-day session on 23 December to discuss the central laws and express solidarity with the agitating farmers.
The Governor's act had triggered sharp criticism from the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and opposition United Democratic Front (UDF).
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Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs will arrive at the state Assembly on tractors on 28 December as a mark of protest against the Centre's three new farm laws and rise in fuel prices, a party legislator said on Thursday. The three-day winter session of the state Assembly will begin from Monday.
MP Congress president Kamal Nath has asked all the party MLAs in the state to reach the Congress office in Bhopal on 28 December morning.
The legislators will then travel to the state Assembly complex on tractors to protest against the three new agri laws and inflation, Congress MLA Harsh Yadav told PTI.
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"The farmers would not return till these laws are taken back. The government should convene a joint session of Parliament and repeal these laws," Rahul Gandhi told reporters after meeting the president.
He said all the opposition parties are standing with the farmers. He alleged that the way the laws were passed without any discussion, consultations, they need to be withdrawn.
"'We three people went to the president, but took the voice of farmers to the president, by taking 2 crore signatures of farmers," he said, adding that "the farmers are in pain and are also dying, the prime minister will have to listen to them."
If the prime minister does not take these laws back, the country will suffer, he claimed. "Anyone trying to take power from Modi will be dubbed as anti-national," he alleged.
Gandhi further alleged that only three-four people are running the system and said the party is fighting this.
"It is an assault on the idea of India. The government is stopping our MPs from moving out of our office...There is no democracy in India, it is only in imagination, not in reality," he charged.
#WATCH | You have an incompetent man who does not understand anything & running a system on the behalf of 3 or 4 other people who understand everything: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/Ct3f7zTtjc
— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2020
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Farmers' agitation at Ghazipur border (UP-Delhi border) enters Day 27. pic.twitter.com/yA4iZIlQLt
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 24, 2020
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The All India Mahila Congress on Thursday tweeted a photo of the meeting between Rahul Gandhi and President Ram Nath Kovind, where the Congress leader submitted a memorandum reportedly signed by 2 crore farmers against the new agricultural laws. Senior party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were also part of the delegation.
A delegation from the Indian National Congress comprising Shri @RahulGandhi, Shri @ghulamnazad and Shri @adhirrcinc called on President Kovind at @rashtrapatibhvn
— All India Mahila Congress (@MahilaCongress) December 24, 2020
2 Cr Farmers have signed against Modi Govt’s 3 Black laws #CongressMarchesForFarmers pic.twitter.com/duFWEdWm7c
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As per news agency PTI, Rahul Gandhi has also urged the Centre to convene a joint session of Parliament. “If the prime minister does not take these farm laws back, the country will suffer,” he adds.
"I want to tell the Prime Minister that these farmers are not going to go back home until these farm laws are repealed. The government should convene a joint session of parliament and take back these laws. Opposition parties stand with farmers and labourers," said Gandhi after meeting the President.
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Rahul Gandhi on Thursday addressed the media after meeting President Ram Nath Kovind. He accused the Narendra Modi government of making money for “crony capitalists”. “Whoever will try to stand against him [the prime minister] will be called terrorist,” he said.
“There is no democracy in India,” Gandhi adds. “It can be in your imagination, but not in reality.”
LIVE: Shri @RahulGandhi addresses the media after meeting with the Hon'ble President of India. https://t.co/dzL7fgICXm
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 24, 2020
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After being detained by the Delhi Police, Priyanka Gandhi hits out at the Centre for ignoring the demands of the farmers. “Only by listening to the demands of the farmers will they solve the problem of the farmers,” she says.
सरकार सिर्फ 5 साल के लिए या 6 साल के लिये नहीं चल सकती, अगर आप विपक्ष को हर चीज के लिए जिम्मेदार ठहराएंगे। अन्नदाता की आवाज को सुनना सरकार की जिम्मेदारी है।
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 24, 2020
किसानों की मांगों को सुन कर ही किसानों की समस्या का हल निकालेगा।#CongressMarchForFarmers pic.twitter.com/KWljun2l4W
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Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury meet President Ram Nath Kovind in Rashtrapati Bhavan to discuss the agricultural laws, reports ANI. “I told the president that these farm laws are anti-farmer. The country has seen that farmers have stood up against these laws," said Gandhi.
Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad & Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury visit Rashtrapati Bhavan. Gandhi says, "I told the President that these farm laws are anti-farmer. The country has seen that farmers have stood up against these laws". pic.twitter.com/4Y8hsQIhgN
— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2020
Farmers Protest LATEST Updates: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury later met President Ram Nath Kovind and demanded withdrawal of the three farm laws. "We told the president that the laws are anti-farmer and that farmers and labourers will suffer due to them. The government said these laws are in favour of the farmers, but the country is seeing that farmers are against these laws," Rahul Gandhi said.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Ghulam Nabi Azad met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday and sought withdrawal of the recently-enacted farm laws. Gandhi said the Opposition stands with the farmers who have been camping at Delhi’s borders for over a month now, demanding repeal of the legislations.
Earlier, Gandhi had attempted to lead a delegation of Congress leaders to the Rashtrapati Bhavan but was stopped by the Delhi Police. Several leaders including general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K C Venugopal, and senior leader Randeep Singh Surjewala,were also detained.
Around 20,000 members of the Kisan Sena, meanwhile, will march from western Uttar Pradesh to Delhi to support the Centre’s farm laws.
Braving the harsh cold, thousands of agitating farmers at the Delhi borders on Thursday remained steadfast in their demands to repeal the Centre's three new agri laws.
Dense fog reduced visibility to just 100 metres in parts of Delhi on Thursday, affecting traffic movement, the India Meteorological Department said, adding the minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, settled at 4.5 degrees Celsius.
Security remained tight at the Delhi borders with hundreds of personnel deployed at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri as thousands of farmers have been staging their protests at the borders for nearly a month now. This has also led to traffic congestion forcing police to divert vehicular movement.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, the Delhi Traffic Police alerted commuters about the routes that remained closed owing to farmers' agitation and suggested them to take alternative roads.
"The Chilla, Ghazipur borders are closed for traffic coming from Noida & Ghaziabad to Delhi because of farmer protests. People are advised to take alternate route for coming to Delhi via Anad Vihar, DND, Apsara,bhopra& Loni borders," it said in a tweet.
In another tweet, police said Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, Saboli and Mangesh borders are closed.
"Pl take alternate routes via Lampur, Safiabad, Palla & Singhu school toll tax borders. Traffic has been diverted from Mukarba & GTK road. Pl avoid Outer Ring Rd, GTK road & NH 44," the traffic police mentioned.
On Wednesday, the protesting farmers hardened their position and asked the government not to repeat the proposal of "meaningless" amendments that they have already rejected but come up with a "concrete" offer in writing for the resumption of talks.
Reading out a reply to the government's talks offer during a press conference, farmer leaders said they are ready for dialogue with an open mind if they get a concrete proposal, but made it clear they will not accept anything less than a complete repeal of the three agriculture laws and legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
The sixth round of talks on December 9 was cancelled following a deadlock with the farmer unions refusing to budge from their demand for repealing the three laws.
Enacted in September, the three farm laws have been projected by the central government as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove the middlemen and allow farmers to sell anywhere in the country.
However, the protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that the new laws would pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of MSP and do away with the mandi system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.
The government has repeatedly asserted that the MSP and mandi systems will stay and has accused the Opposition of misleading the farmers.
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