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Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) will organise a series of programmes against farm laws and measures taken by the State and Central governments. The party will hold a dharna at Indira Park from 10 am on January 9 and a roundtable at 11 am at Indira Bhavan here the next day. The party […]

The march comprising both men and women sitting on hundreds of tractors was flagged off from the Singhu and Tikri entry points on the Delhi-Haryana borders and Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.

The petitioner, a lawyer claimed that the Parliament doesn't have the power and authority to bring such laws.

The miscreants indulging in vandalism have been instigated and aided by vested interests and our business rivals.

Commenting on the incident, the state president of the BKU, Rajbir Singh, said all those farmers who died during the protest against the farm laws must get the status of a martyr

The NDA leadership should find a middle ground instead of trying to belittle farmers' agitation

The tussle between farmers and police has been underway at several places apart from the city's famous Dak Banglow Chowk

Rahul posted a video of protesting farmers in Twitter and wrote: "Mitti ka kann kann goonj raha hai, sarkar ko sun na padega---The government will have to listen (to the farmers)

PM lashed out at the West Bengal government for not facilitating this programme and denying benefits to 70 lakh farmers of the state

While at many places, farmers took over toll plazas not allowing authorities to collect fees from commuters, at other places toll employees themselves halted the process in view of the protest

Now a tangible solution would be to make amendments and provide assurances to farmers, particularly on MSP and APMCs

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."

The mercury dipped to even lower levels in some parts of the city, recording 3.3 degrees Celsius and 3.4 degrees Celsius at Lodhi Road and Ayanagar, respectively.

Singh is grandson of Sir Chhotu Ram, a prominent politician during the pre-independence era who championed the interest of farmers.

The leaders of CPI, AITUC, Congress Kisan Morcha and AIKMS expressed solidarity with the Kisan Sangharsh's hunger strike

"It took me 11 days to reach here from Siwan, my home district. I urge the government to take back the three farm laws. I will be here until the movement is not over," Satyadev Manjhi told ANI.

Asking Kejriwal to have mercy on the farmers, she said it was strange that the Delhi CM had only suddenly discovered that farmers were sitting out in the open in cold wave conditions.

"India is in an agitated mode, particularly in Delhi. They (BJP government) are doing drama in the name of discussion," DMK president MK Stalin said.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the impleadment of eight farmer unions as respondents in the petitions seeking the removal of protestors from the borders in the national capital.

Development minister Gopal Rai, said the Arvind Kejriwal-led government and his party stand firmly with the farmers and have been making certain arrangements for them during their protest.