Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that his government has left no stone unturned to ensure the welfare of farmers.

While addressing farmers at the golden jubilee celebration of the Gujarat Cooperation Milk Marketing Federation in Ahmedabad, PM Modi said that his government has built 60,000 Amrit Sarovars across the country.

This initiative will not only benefit farmers but will also strengthen the rural economy, he added. The central government aims to provide modern technology and its know-how even to the small farmers of the country, PM Modi further added.

Asserting that, PM Modi said that his government has been focusing on improving the life of small farmers, increasing the scope of animal husbandry, improving the health of animals, encouraging animal husbandry as well as pisciculture and beekeeping in the village.

PM Modi further said that the Centre has provided the farmers with modern seeds to combat climate change.

He threw light on the Kisan Credit Card facility and said that his government, for the first time, provided it to cattle farmers and fish farmers. Adding that he said farmers have been provided with such modern seeds which can combat climate change.

During the address, he also highlighted the Nari Shakti drive and called them the main force behind the flourishing dairy sector in the country. He declared the government’s commitment to stepping up the economic power of women.

PM Modi also lauded the growth of Amul and said that it has become a symbol of the strength of the nation’s cattle rearers.

Later in the day, PM Modi also visited an exhibition by Amul on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the GCMMF.

Meanwhile, SKM called a meeting to address the situation at the Shambhu and Khanauri border between Punjab and Haryana, where farmers have been camping as part of the Delhi Chalo movement. Leaders from various states including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal were present at the meeting.

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president YS Sharmila had to spend the Wednesday night at the Congress Head office Andhra Ratna Bhavan as she feared that she might be put under house arrest. The APCC President led a Chalo Secretariat protest march on Thursday morning in support of the unemployed youth of the state in Vijaywada. Sharmila announced the protest march on Wednesday morning but the police did not give permission and started putting Congress leaders under house arrest.

A video circulating on social media shows the Congress leader sleeping on a mattress on the floor of the party’s Vijaywada office. In another video, shared by party leader Manickam Tagore, other Congress leaders and workers are seen sleeping at the Congress office. Sharmila avoided going to Congress MP KVP Ramachandra Rao’s house on Wednesday night where the police allegedly wanted to detain her.

Instead she chose to stay back in the Congress office. The police surrounded the Congress office on Thursday morning and many Congress leaders and YS Sharmila sat on a dharna and shouted slogans. The APCC president demanded that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government give orders to fill 23000 posts which he had promised to fill during his election campaign.

Addressing the protest meeting Sharmila said Elections are are just two months away and the chief minister has announced filling up 6000 posts. She said instead of holding a mega district selection committee for recruitment, he is doing a fraud. Sharmilla said the YSRCP rule is like dictatorship and anyone who protests is put under house arrest.

She said they have been surrounded by thousands of policemen. She added iron barricades have been put around them and they are being held hostage. She said those people who are raising their voices for the unemployed are being arrested. She said YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is a dictator who wants to stop them.

The Aam Aadmi Party and Congress finalised their seat-sharing alliance for the 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Thursday. Both the parties confirmed that they had settled for a four-three seat sharing formula, with AAP contesting four constituencies and Congress on three.

The seat sharing alliance was formed after many rounds of discussions this week. During the seat sharing discussion the Congress is likely to contest from North Delhi, East Delhi and Chandni Chowk, while Aam Aadmi Party will contest from South, North West, New Delhi and West Delhi.

The Congress is planning to field at least 1 dalit face in New Delhi. A general category face and a woman candidate will also be fielded by the party. According to reports the Congress is likely to give AAP 1 seat in Haryana and 2 seats in Gujarat.

The two seats for Aam Adami Party in Gujarat – Bhavnagar and Bharuch have been agreed upon to stave off Kejriwal’s demands in Haryana, Assam and Goa. The Aam Aadmi Party will give up its south Goa constituency for the Congress. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party has a sitting MP in Goa.The signs of an arrangement became clear when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal turned up at lunch hosted by Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Sunday.

Earlier the Congress finalised its pact with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and has agreed to contest 17 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. The Samajwadi Party will contest on 63 seats in Uttar Pradesh. The seat sharing pact was announced by the opposition alliance, which has been formed to defeat the BJP-led central government in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Samajwadi Party has announced three lists for the Lok Sabha elections and has named a total of 32 candidates including Akhilesh Yadav’s uncle Shivpal Yadav and don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari’s brother Afzal Ansari.