"It is a good move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Gurupurab," Joginder Singh Ugrahan, the leader of BKU's Ugrahan faction, said.
Modi said that the laws were brought in the best interest of the nation and were aimed at small and marginal farmers
'People are not voting for the BJP, but still it is winning elections', said Tikait
During the hearing, a bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said it was not against the right to protest even when the legal challenge is pending but ultimately some solution has to be found
The victim, Lakhbir Singh, a labourer from Cheema Khurd village in Punjab's Tarn Taran and aged around 35 years, police said
The decision to drop Varun Gandhi, Rao Inderjit Singh, Swamy and Birender Singh is seen as an indication of the party leadership's unhappiness with them over their views on a number of issues
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The Bench said when such incidents happen, nobody takes the responsibility
The counsel argued that the courts will examine the validity of the farm laws
According to the SKM, people gathered at more than 500 locations in Punjab to express their support to the bandh
Use of words like 'abba jaan' and 'chacha jaan' by Yogi Adityanath and Rakesh Tikait, respectively, reflected their 'hatred' for Muslims, Owaisi said
The protest march was taken out from Gurudwara Rakab Ganj to the Parliament House
The NHRC said that there is an allegation of breach of corona protocols by the agitating farmers at the protest sites
This is not the first time the police had cracked down on farmers in the past year
The farmers fear that having more morchas will not only reduce their strength but also give a chance to the government to repeat the Bastara toll plaza incident
The onus of bridging the trust deficit with farmers lies with the govt
Farmer unions had demanded action against officials over the lathi-charge against protesters on August 28 in Karnal.
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Former Union Minister P Chidambaram again called for scrapping of the contentious farm laws
A group of farmers protesting against the central farm laws staged a demonstration at the Jewar toll plaza, partially disrupting traffic movement on the Yamuna Expressway