Farmers' protest news highlights: Farm laws are like 'demonetisation' for farmers, says Rahul Gandhi

The Delhi Police on Saturday gave permission to protesting farmer unions to hold their tractor parades on January 26 in the national capital, farmer leaders claimed. The tractor parades will start from the Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri border points of Delhi, but details will be finalised tonight. Meanwhile, in Madhya Pradesh, Congress workers protesting against the three agri laws clashed with the police and allegedly hurled stones while on their way to gherao Raj Bhavan here on Saturday, prompting police to use water cannons, tear gas and canes to disperse them.

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Maintain discipling during Jan 26 parade: BKU

I want to appeal to the farmers participating in the parade to maintain discipline and follow the instruction issued by the Committee: Gurnam Singh Chaduni, Bharatiya Kisan Union

Farm laws are like demonetisation for farmers: Rahul Gandhi

Farm laws are like demonetisation for farmers. I'm very proud to see that they're sitting outside Delhi & not allowing Narendra Modi to implement them. He doesn't understand the power of the poor & our job is to make him understand the power of the poor, workers & farmers: Rahul Gandhi

Delhi Police has given permission for tractor parade on Jan 26, claims farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar after protesting unions meet police

Tractor parades likely to start from Ghazipur, Tikri, Singhu border points; details to be finalised tonight, say protesting farmer leaders

Watch: Scuffle between farmers, Uttarakhand Police

Singhu Border: Local eateries facing tough time due to free langars

When the owner of Rajputana restaurant, a humble roadside eatery at the Singhu border, began to feel that he had survived the worst economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, the farmers protest started. Two months later his restaurant is still empty even though the highway this time is packed.

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MP Police fire teargas to disperse protesting crowd

The MP police dispersed crowds using teargas and water cannons as Congress party workers' agitation in Bhopal against the farm laws,NDTVreported.

The report added that a few functionaries and workers were injured as police resorted to a baton-charge.

AAP holds bike rally in Punjab to mobile people for Republic Day tractor parade

The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took out motorbike rallies in several parts of the state on Saturday to mobilise people for a proposed tractor parade of farmers in Delhi on January 26.

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Farmer unions meet to reconsider govt proposal of putting farm laws on hold

A meeting of 32 Punjab farmer unions opposed to the Centre's farm laws is underway at the Singhu border here, a major protest site, to reconsider the government's proposal to put the contentious legislations on hold.

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Farmer unions meet to reconsider govt proposal of putting farm laws on hold

A meeting of 32 Punjab farmer unions opposed to the Centre's farm laws is underway at the Singhu border here, a major protest site, to reconsider the government's proposal to put the contentious legislations on hold.

This comes a day after the government asked farmer leaders to revert by Saturday in case they agree to its proposal to suspend the legislations for 18 months.

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Congress to hold protest against farm laws in Mangaluru on January 25

Former Minister and MLA U T Khader said the District Congress Committee (DCC) will organise protests against the contentious farm laws in all assembly constituencies across the district on January 25.

"The agitation in New Delhi by farmers completes two months and the government has failed to respond to their objections over farm laws. To support the farmers staging protest, Congress will stage protests in all assembly constituencies," DCC President and MLC Harish Kumar told media persons in Congress Bhavan on Friday.

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Haryana Police quiz man alleging conspiracy to disrupt farmers' protest

A man, who was presented by protesting farmer leaders before reporters at the Singhu border on Friday night as they alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to kill four of them and create disturbance during their proposed tractor parade in Delhi on January 26, is being quizzed by the Haryana police in Sonipat, officials said on Saturday.

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DH Toon | Farmers' tractor rally to go ahead as planned on Republic Day, says union leaders. (Cartoonist: Sajith Kumar, DHNS)

Don't mistake proposal to suspend farm laws as admission that Acts have lacunae: Tomar to ministers

As the government's long-running talks with protesting farmers hit a dead end on Friday, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told union leaders that the proposal to suspend three farm laws should not be misunderstood as an admission that the Acts have any lacunae.

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No resolution possible when sanctity of agitation gets lost; some forces want protest to continue: Tomar

With the government's talks with farmer unions hitting a roadblock, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said some "forces" definitely want protests to continue for their own personal and political motives and no resolution is possible when the sanctity of agitation is lost.

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Farmers' stir: 11th round of talks ends; no date for next meet

Taking a tough stand, the Narendra Modi government on Friday told the agitating farmers that suspendingfarmlaws for 12 to 18 months was the best offer it could make to address their concerns over agricultural reforms, urging them to give up the demand for a rollback.

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Protesting farmer leaders allege conspiracy hatched to kill 4 of them, disrupt tractor rally

Protesting farmer leaders on Friday alleged that a conspiracy has been hatched to kill four of them and create disturbance during their proposed tractor rally on January 26. At a late-night press conference at the Singhu border, the farmer leaders presented a person who claimed that his accomplices were allegedly asked to pose as policemen and baton charge the crowd during the proposed tractor rally.

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