Ghaziabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi referring to farmers as “parasites” has deeply hurt the farming community, leaders of unions protesting against the Centre’s agriculture laws said on Saturday. They also called on the farming community to respond to the “diplomatic abuses” with “diplomatic punishment” by rejecting the government. The remarks came as farmer leaders Darshan Pal, Balbir Singh […]
Read MoreJaipur: Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Saturday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to apologise for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a coward. ”Rahul Gandhi should apologise for the comments made on Friday against the prime minister of the country and calling him a coward on the issue of China,” Poonia told reporters at a press conference here. Poonia […]
Read MoreKolkata: The way Narendra Modi government is treating protesting farmers outside Delhi, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government is doing the same with students and youths in the state, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Friday, condemning police action on Left activists in Kolkata. Addressing a press conference, Yechury said that the Centre should […]
Read MoreBahadurgarh: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday revealed plans by farmer leaders to hold meetings in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat and said protesters in Delhi will not return home until the Centre reaches an “agreement” with them. It was not immediately clear if the remark made at a ”mahapanchayat” here was a climb down from Tikait’s earlier assertion […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha on Friday charged that the Union Budget serves the interests of capitalists that will help the rich turn richer and has nothing for the common man, even as the BJP defended saying it has earmarked funds for all including strengthening of health sector. Participating in the debate on the […]
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