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Farmer Bill

Term his attack on DGP political frustration in face of public rejection of farmer bills

CHANDIGARH:Flaying him for stooping too low in his efforts to tarnish Farmers struggle, Senior Punjab Congress leaders on Monday dared Ashwani Sharma to not cross lines of propriety and decency in political discourse.

Cong terms farm Bills black laws, to launch online campaign

NEW DELHI: Terming the Monsoon Session of the Parliament undemocratic and truncated, the Congress party on Saturday said it ran a nationwide online campaign -- "Speak Up For Farmers" -- against the Central Government's dubiously and undemocratically passed anti-farmers legislations.

Rail, road traffic hit in Punjab, Haryana as protesters take to streets

CHANDIGARH: Cutting across party lines, barring the BJP, the day-long protests by farmers evoked an enormous response in the agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana as normal life remained disrupted with closure of rail and road networks. However, in Chandigarh the situation was almost normal.

Congress draws up detailed plan for protests against farm Bills

NEW DELHI: The Congress, which is protesting against the farm Bills passed by the Parliament, has chalked out a detailed programme of agitation, which will begin on September 26 with an online "Speak up for Farmers" campaign.

The party has also set up a "Save Farmer and Labour" committee.

Cabinet Minister Welcomes AAP MP Bhagwant Mann to join congress party campaign

CHANDIGARH: Following the call of School education minister Punjab and Sangrur MLA Vijay Inder Singla, majority of the panchayats in Sangrur have already initiated the process to reject anti-farmer bills passed by Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha recently. Vijay Inder Singla told that he was already in touch with panchayats representatives and sensitized them about the draconian laws introduced by the BJP led Modi government.

'Black day' for parliamentary democracy: Congress

NEW DELHI: Responding to the ministers' press briefing led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the agri Bills, the Congress called the behaviour of the government as a "black day" in Indias democratic history.

Addressing the press conference, Congress leaders K.C. Venugopal ,Randeep Surjewala ,Shaktisinh Gohil, Rajeev Satav, and Partap Singh Bajwa said that the fight for the farmers will go on till its logical end.

Farm bills shall promote corporate culture: Cong leader

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief Govind Singh Dotasara on Friday slammed the Centre over the three farm bills passed in Lok Sabha on Thursday and accused the government of promoting corporate culture while limiting the farmers' role to mere labourers.