Farmers' protests highlights: No 'chakka jam' in Delhi says farmers' body, asks protestors to remain peaceful

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Farmers' Protest LIVE: Govt's approach towards farmers' protest adversarial, confrontationist, say 75 ex-civil servants
The central government's approach towards the farmers' protest against the three new farm laws has been an adversarial and a confrontationist one from the very beginning, a group of former civil servants said in an open letter written on Friday. The letter signed by 75 former civil servants, including Najeeb Jung, Julio Riberio and Aruna Roy, who are part of the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) also said that the apolitical farmers are being treated like "an irresponsible opposition to be derided, demonised and defeated".

Farmers' Protest LIVE No 'chakka jam' in Delhi says farmers' body
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the farmer unions protesting the three farm laws, on Friday said there would be no 'chakka jam' in Delhi on February 6 even as it asserted that peasants in other parts of the country will block national and state highways for three hours but in a peaceful way. In a statement, the SKM said emergency and essential services such as ambulance and school bus will not be stopped during the 'chakka jam' that is proposed to be held between 12 pm and 3 pm on Saturday. #PTI

Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: Adhir hits out at Centre over celebrity tweets on farmers' protest
The leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Friday asked the BJP-led government at the Centre as to why it is getting so much rattled with the Tweets of international celebrities supporting the farmers' agitation in India. #IANS

Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: Major farmers' meet in Shamli as clamour against farm laws grows in west UP
Thousands of farmers turned up for a meeting in Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh on Friday amid a growing clamour against the Centre's agri-marketing laws in the region. People from Shamli and nearby districts started reaching Shamli's Bhainswal village on tractors, two and four-wheelers and on foot for a 'kisan panchayat' being held there by the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). #PTI

Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: Farmers in Bihar refuse to join stir despite Oppn attempts
Opposition parties' leaders in Bihar have organised human chains, tractor rallies, Raj Bhavan march, dharnas and protests in support of the farmers' agitation at the Delhi borders, but have failed to enthuse the farmers here to join the stir. They are still maintaining a distance from the protests.
Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, has appealed to the state's farmers to join the farmers' agitation. Apart from Tejashwi, Gurnam Singh Chaduni, a senior leader of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), who is involved in the farmers' agitation at Delhi's borders, came to Bihar and urged the farmers here to join the movement, but they are not enthusiastic about it. Many farmers in the region are not even aware of this movement. #IANS

Agitating farmers have proposed 'chakka jam' tomorrow. In view of the violence that happened on January 26, Delhi Police have made adequate security arrangements at borders so that miscreants can not enter the national capital. "We are monitoring content on social media to make sure rumours are not spread against police or other things. The protestors are camping at the borders of Delhi. We are in touch with the police force of other states too," says Chinmoy Biswal, Delhi Police PRO.

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party holds a tractor rally in Jaipur to protest against the Centre's farm laws.

Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: Anyone speaking truth dubbed as traitor, anti-national, repeal farm laws: Shiv Sena
The Shiv Sena on Friday charged that anyone speaking the truth is dubbed as a "traitor" or "anti-national" and that cases of sedition have been slapped against those criticising the government. Participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address in Rajya Sabha, Sena member Sanjay Raut said farmers fighting for their rights have been branded as anti-nationals or Khalistanis.

Farmer unions, opposition parties have failed to point out a single flaw in three new farm laws: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha

I made it clear that if the government is ready to make amendments, it does not mean there is any problem in farm laws. People in a particular state are misinformed: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar addresses Rajya Sabha. He says, "15th Finance Commission has recommended for providing Rs 2.36 lakh crores to gram panchayats, which has been accepted by the Cabinet. Around Rs 43,000 crore have been sanctioned for healthcare in rural areas. Rs 2.8 lakh crores will be spent via gram panchayats in 5 years."

We continuously increased the fund for MGNREGA. When COVID-19 hit the country, we raised the fund allocation to MGNREGA from Rs 61,000 crores to Rs 1.115 lakh crores. More than 10 crore people were provided employment. The pro-poor schemes of the government have brought a change in the lives of the people living in villages: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar