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Economic Times | 19 Feb, 2021 | 05.43PM IST
Farmers Protest News Live: UP Assembly briefly adjourned after Opposition brings up farmers' protests
As the members raised slogans and rushed into the well of the House to raise it, Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit adjourned the house for 30 minutes.
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There is a huge crisis for farmers in the country today. We all have to understand that the Union government has brought the laws that are not only anti-farmer but also against the middle class and the youth
- Congress leader and former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot
KM's Maharashtra co-ordinator Sandip Gidde said, "We are firm on holding the Maha Panchayat in Yavatmal tomorrow. Rakesh Tikait along with several other leaders of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha will address the public meeting. He will arrive in Nagpur tonight and will address the event at Yavatmal tomorrow."
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We had permitted them (farmers) to take out their tractor rally, with some terms & conditions but they betrayed us by not following the designated route & resorted to violence. Police discharged its duties very well
- Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava
I don't think there was any intelligence failure. There were apprehensions that is why barricades were put up & they were stopped
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Farmers have been indulging in farming of loss for last 70 yrs. They'll have to sacrifice one crop & they're ready. Even if they have to take help of more workers to harvest crops, they'll do it. They'll keep it at their home but agitation will not be weakened
- Rakesh Tikait, BKU
Ex-MP Minister on Kangana Ranaut
Sukhdev Panse said Ranaut, who insulted the farmers protesting at various borders of New Delhi, had met with a Congress-led protest during the shoot of her upcoming spy thriller Dhaakad leading to police action on the political party workers.
As soon as the House assembled in the morning, noisy scenes were witnessed between the Opposition and ruling benches over farmers protesting against the three farm laws passed by the central government.
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