Ghazipur Border Partially Sealed | Ghazipur border has been partially sealed with heavy police deployment amid the ongoing farmers’ protest against the BJP government’s contentious agriculture laws, News18 reports.
Farmers Continue ‘Dilli Chalo’ Protest at Borders:
Delhi: Farmers continue their protest at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border against the farm laws amid security deployment. pic.twitter.com/MhuDgiOhhQ
— ANI (@ANI)November 30, 2020
Tikri, Singhu Borders Closed for Traffic Movement | The Tikri, Singhu borders, where farmers have been continuing their days-long protest against the Centre’s contentious farm laws, are closed for any traffic movement, said the Delhi Traffic Police. Earlier, a request by Union Home Minister Amit Shah was rejected by farmer groups to shift their protest to Burari grounds.
’26 Minute Speeches, but Does PM Have Credibility?’ Derek O’Brien | TMC leader Derek O’Brien slammed BJP government amid continued farmer protests in the country. “Mitron, Modi-Shah promised that Centre would double farmer income by 2022. At current rates that won’t happen till at least 2028. Meanwhile, in Didi’s Bengal farmer income has already tripled in 9 years. Facts. Not faff,” he said.
Mitron, Modi-Shah promised that Centre would double farmer income by 2022. At current rates that won’t happen till at least 2028. Meanwhile, in Didi’s Bengal farmer income has already tripled in 9 years. Facts. Not faff.
Excerpt from #Parliament speech #FarmBills2020
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— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp)November 30, 2020
Farmers Stay Put at Delhi-Haryana Border | Farmers stay put at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) as their protest against the Central Government’s Farm laws continues, ANI reports.
Farmers stay put at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) as their protest against the Central Government’s Farm laws continues. pic.twitter.com/XKUHQs3hDO
— ANI (@ANI)November 30, 2020
‘Reconsider Farmer Laws, PM Modi’ | Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday demanded the central government reconsider the three new farm laws against which farmers are staging protests. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the chief minister said that even when GDP growth rate has been minus 7.5 per cent in the financial year 2020-21, the agriculture sector has increased by 3.4 per cent. In these difficult times, Gehlot said, the farmers are making positive contribution to the economy and they should not be given such a reward. Gehlot demanded that PM Modi reconsider the agriculture laws to protect the interests of farmers and democratic values. When the country was celebrating Constitution Day on 26 November, the farmers were hit by sticks and water cannon. To prevent farmers from reaching Delhi to keep their demands, roads were dug and blockers were also installed. “The central government tried to take away the right to protest against the farmers, which is not justified, Gehlot said.
‘BJP Busy in Election Campaign, Farmers Not Priority’ | The BJP is busy campaigning for Hyderabad civic polls which is why the date for talks with farmers protesting the Central agri laws have been pushed to December, showing that farmers are not a priority for the BJP and only elections matter to it, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alleged on Sunday. Launching a scathing attack against the government over the ongoing protest by farmers, RLD president Jayant Chaudhary accused the BJP dispensation at the Centre of wanting to suppress the voice of the farmers with “brute force”. Rejecting the Centre’s offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari ground, the farmers who are protesting at Delhi’s borders for four days against the new farm laws on Sunday said they will not accept any conditional dialogue and threatened to block all five entry points to the national capital. “Farmers across the country are demonstrating against the anti-farmer policies of the Modi government. But instead of dialogue in democracy, the central government wants to suppress the voice of the farmers with the crude use of force and on the strength of sticks,” Chaudhary said in a statement.
Source: News18