Haryana Farmers Protest

Amid Unrest Over Farm Laws, BJP Faces No-Trust Motion In Haryana

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday March 10, 2021

The ruling BJP in Haryana is facing a no-confidence motion in the assembly today. The opposition Congress has claimed that two Independent MLAs supporting the government have withdrawn support. The exercise, however, is seen as a plan to embarrass the government amid widespread anger over the centre's new farm laws. The BJP - which has an alliance ...

"Will Go To Singhu, Sit With Farmers": Activist Nodeep Kaur Out Of Jail

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday February 26, 2021

Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old labour rights activist who was released on bail on Friday following global outrage, told NDTV that she will visit the Singhu border near Delhi where farmers have been protesting against the centre's agricultural laws for three months and join the demonstration.

Haryana Farmers Destroy Crop In Protest Against Centre's Farm Laws

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 23, 2021

Some farmers in Haryana destroyed their wheat crop in protest against the Centre's new agriculture laws, prompting political and farmer leaders to appeal to them not to resort to such drastic measures.

"Wouldn't They Die At Home?": Haryana Minister On Farmers' Protest Deaths

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday February 14, 2021

In a controversial remark over the deaths of farmers during the protest against the centre's new farm laws, Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal on Saturday said they would have died even if they had stayed back home. Faced with a backlash on social media, he later apologised.

Chakka Jam Of Highways Ends, Delhi Under Security Blanket: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday February 7, 2021

The three-hour nationwide "chakka jam" -- blockade of national and state highways -- by farmers was held amid a high alert in Delhi on Saturday. Highways across north India, including the Eastern Peripheral Expressway around Delhi, were blocked by farmers protesting against the centre's three farm laws passed in September. In Bengaluru, 30 people ...

Internet To Remain Suspended In Haryana's Sonipat, Jhajjar Amid Farmers' Protest

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 5, 2021

Mobile internet services will remain suspended in Haryana's Sonipat and Jhajjar districts till Saturday evening, an official statement said.

Kurukshetra University Exam Postponed "Till Further Notice" Over Internet Ban

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Tuesday February 2, 2021

The year-end exams of Kurukshetra University - the largest and most acclaimed in Haryana -- have been postponed amid continued suspension of internet services in parts of the state over "law and order" situation amid farmers' protest.

Haryana Cabinet Holds Special Meeting, Appeals Protesters To Return Home

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 26, 2021

The Haryana Cabinet held a special meeting here on Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister ML Khattar in the wake of the events that unfolded in the national capital during the tractor parade and appealed to all protesting farmers to return to their homes.

PM Meets Haryana Ally Dushyant Chautala Amid Undercurrents Over Farmers

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 13, 2021

The ruling BJP's Haryana partner Dushyant Chautala met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today amid undercurrents between the allies over the farmer protests. Dushyant Chautala, the Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, had yesterday also met Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Only MLA In Haryana's INLD Threatens To Quit Over Farm Laws By January 26

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday January 11, 2021

Abhay Singh Chautala, the lone INLD MLA in the Haryana Assembly, said Monday that he would resign if the centre did not withdraw its controversial agriculture laws by January 26

"Minister Said Won't Repeal Law 'Go To Supreme Court'": Farmers After Meet

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 5, 2021

The deadlock over the repeal of the contentious farm laws persisted, with the Centre and the farmers unable to get on the same page in the seventh round of discussions. Sources said the government had proposed to discuss the farmers' demand for a legal guarantee for support price of crops, but the farmers' union leaders insisted on discussing the r...

Farmers In Haryana Attempt To March Towards Delhi, Face Tear Gas Shells

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday January 3, 2021

The Haryana police and the protesting farmers on Sunday came close to a clash at the Rewari-Alwar border after hundreds of protesters started marching towards Delhi to join the main agitation against the centre's contentious agriculture laws.

Haryana Protesters Push Past Police Barricade Outside BJP Minister House

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Saturday January 2, 2021

Dramatic visuals have emerged of protesters - backing farmers' demand for repeal of centre's three contentious agriculture laws - pushing past a police barricade outside BJP minister's house in Haryana.

"No Garlands, Only Shoes": Another Haryana Village Boycotts BJP, Ally

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Monday December 28, 2020

Haryana's Qadirabad has become the latest in the long line of villages that have called for complete boycott of all leaders from state's ruling coalition parties - the BJP and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) - including Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala.

Haryana Chief Minister's Convoy Turns Around As Farmers Show Black Flags

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday December 22, 2020

Hundreds of farmers protesting against new farm laws showed black flags to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar while he was going to Ambala today. The BJP-led government in Haryana has been claiming that only some farmers aren't happy with the new laws. However, the number of farmers, some of who arrived from neighbouring Punjab, has been st...