Sharad Pawar On Farm Laws

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the BJP-led central government decided to withdraw three farm laws fearing backlash in upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, and hailed the protesting farmers, saying their year-long struggle against th

NCP chief Sharad Pawar reportedly made some comments yesterday about amending Maharashtra's farm law. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, however, seemed to have taken them for views on the Centre's controversial pieces of legislation.

Targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his public rally in poll-bound West Bengal, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the Prime Minister has time to go to Kolkata but has no time to visit farmers in Delhi who have been protesting against farm laws since November last year.

NCP's national spokesperson Nawab Malik on Monday issued a sharp rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in the parliament that party leader Sharad Pawar had earlier supported the farm reforms.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday took on his predecessor Sharad Pawar for a series of tweets from a day ago, in which the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief had assailed the central government's new farm laws that have triggered widespread protests.

Backing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's critique of the new farm laws, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday asked the former Union Agriculture Minister to "drill some sense" into Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who was the Union Agriculture Minister for 10 years in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, on Saturday posted a critique of the new farm laws that have fuelled widespread protests and turmoil over the last two months.

Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole today told the hundreds of protesting farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan that the three new contentious agricultural laws passed by Parliament last September will not be implemented in the state. The farmers, mostly from Nashik district, have gathered in the state capital for the past two days in solidarity wit...

"Is Punjab Pakistan?" NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan where they had gathered today in support of their comrades camped in protest in and around Delhi. Hailing them for having come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with those gearing up for a massive tractor ally in the national capital, the se...

Thousands of farmers from 21 districts of Maharashtra - among tens of thousands across India who are protesting the centre's agriculture laws - gathered at Nashik on Saturday and began a march to cover the 180 kilometres to state capital Mumbai.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will take part in a protest to be staged in Mumbai in support of the farmers agitating against Centre's three new farm laws on the borders of New Delhi, state Minister Nawab Malik said on Tuesday.

It was required of any sensible government to understand the sentiments of farmers agitating against the Centre's new laws, but it didn't happen and so there will be consequences of the same, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Friday.

"Truly independent" persons should have been appointed on the committee formed by the Supreme Court to resolve the impasse over new farm laws, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Thursday.

NCP chief and former agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today accused the Centre of bulldozing three new farm laws without consulting states and asserted that agriculture cannot be run "sitting in Delhi" as it involves farmers toiling in distant villages.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said it is the responsibility of those in power to aptly honour farmers, but unfortunately cultivators are now forced to stage protest for their rights.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the BJP-led central government decided to withdraw three farm laws fearing backlash in upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, and hailed the protesting farmers, saying their year-long struggle against th

NCP chief Sharad Pawar reportedly made some comments yesterday about amending Maharashtra's farm law. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, however, seemed to have taken them for views on the Centre's controversial pieces of legislation.

Targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his public rally in poll-bound West Bengal, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the Prime Minister has time to go to Kolkata but has no time to visit farmers in Delhi who have been protesting against farm laws since November last year.

NCP's national spokesperson Nawab Malik on Monday issued a sharp rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in the parliament that party leader Sharad Pawar had earlier supported the farm reforms.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday took on his predecessor Sharad Pawar for a series of tweets from a day ago, in which the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief had assailed the central government's new farm laws that have triggered widespread protests.

Backing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's critique of the new farm laws, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday asked the former Union Agriculture Minister to "drill some sense" into Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who was the Union Agriculture Minister for 10 years in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, on Saturday posted a critique of the new farm laws that have fuelled widespread protests and turmoil over the last two months.

Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole today told the hundreds of protesting farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan that the three new contentious agricultural laws passed by Parliament last September will not be implemented in the state. The farmers, mostly from Nashik district, have gathered in the state capital for the past two days in solidarity wit...

"Is Punjab Pakistan?" NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan where they had gathered today in support of their comrades camped in protest in and around Delhi. Hailing them for having come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with those gearing up for a massive tractor ally in the national capital, the se...

Thousands of farmers from 21 districts of Maharashtra - among tens of thousands across India who are protesting the centre's agriculture laws - gathered at Nashik on Saturday and began a march to cover the 180 kilometres to state capital Mumbai.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will take part in a protest to be staged in Mumbai in support of the farmers agitating against Centre's three new farm laws on the borders of New Delhi, state Minister Nawab Malik said on Tuesday.

It was required of any sensible government to understand the sentiments of farmers agitating against the Centre's new laws, but it didn't happen and so there will be consequences of the same, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Friday.

"Truly independent" persons should have been appointed on the committee formed by the Supreme Court to resolve the impasse over new farm laws, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Thursday.

NCP chief and former agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today accused the Centre of bulldozing three new farm laws without consulting states and asserted that agriculture cannot be run "sitting in Delhi" as it involves farmers toiling in distant villages.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said it is the responsibility of those in power to aptly honour farmers, but unfortunately cultivators are now forced to stage protest for their rights.