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Citing a media report alleging the new laws used to dupe farmers, Rahul Gandhi tweeted, and "Farmers in India are agitating against anti-agricultural laws to avoid such a tragedy. In this Satyagraha, we all have to support the annadata of the country."

In a video message posted on Twitter, he said the package "really is a disgrace", full of "wasteful" items, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

Among the big Independent wins is Taranjit Singh defeating BJP's two-time MLA and former minister Sham Lal Choudhary in Suchetgarh in Jammu region by a slender margin of 11 votes.

Vora was admitted to the Escorts Hospital in Okhla here a few days ago with a urinary infection. He also had a lung infection and was put on ventilator support, his family said.

In the internal national office bearers WhatsApp group, Gupta said: "I have resigned. As you know important organisational changes have remained pending for very long."

Other Congress leaders who arrived for a meeting are Anand Sharma, BS Hooda, Ambika Soni and P Chidambaram.

The Congress on Tuesday said the "Decimation of parliamentary democracy is complete" and asked if election campaigning can be done amid the pandemic then why can't the session be held.

Polling is taking place in Malappurram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargode districts, while other 10 districts had polls on December 8 and 10.

Tharoor said, "The MPs are saying that the Centre settle the matter with the farmers' unions and call the winter session of Parliament".

Citing a clipping of a media report about the deaths of the farmers during the ongoing agitation, the Congress leader said, "How many more sacrifices have to be made by our farmer brother before these agriculture sector laws are repealed?"

Leaders of all political parties including TRS, Congress, TDP, CPI and CPM extended their support to the farmers by taking out rallies and staging protest demonstrations across the district

Finance Minister T Harish Rao and Medak MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy participated in a protest programme at Toopran Y Junction in Medak district

In Kolkata, CPI(M) activists along with SFI and DYFI members blocked roads in Lake Town, College Street, Jadavpur and Shyambazar Five-Point Crossing.

Farmers have been protesting at the borders of the national capital for over a week now against the three farm laws.

Party wins 55 divisions in the fiercely-fought GHMC elections while near rival BJP secures 48 seats

Hyderabad: An official announcement of the results where counting was completed so far has the TRS and the AIMIM winning seven each, while the Congress won one in 15 out of 150 wards. According to the announcement, counting was over six wards in Charminar Zone, where all six went to the AIMIM, two in Khairatabad […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired an all-party meeting with leaders of various political outfits and top union ministers to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, sources said. Floor leaders from all parties in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been invited to attend the virtual meeting which started around […]

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Gutha Sukhender Reddy, KTR, State Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and several other leaders from TRS, Congress, TDP and the Left parties paid their respects to Narasimhaiah

Patancheru: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has cautioned people about fake news being peddled by a frustrated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership, just before the GHMC election. Speaking to the media here on Monday, Rao said he had reliable information about the BJP trying to use the ‘Breaking News’ visuals of different TV channels to […]

Ruling party appealed to its cadre to practise restraint and not fall to the provocations