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Published : Jan 15, 2021, 12:09 PM IST

Updated : Jan 15, 2021, 7:38 PM IST

Rahul Priyanka
Rahul Priyanka

17:10 January 15

Centre plotting against farmers: Delhi Mahila Congress Chief

Centre plotting against farmers: Delhi Mahila Congress Chief

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Delhi Mahila Congress president Amrita Dhawan said that the government was playing with the lives of farmers, and was plotting against them. She added that the Prime Minister should come clean whether he had sold the agriculture sector to crony capitalists.

16:22 January 15

Farmers will be at mercy of industrialists: Kamal Nath

Farmers will be at mercy of industrialists: Kamal Nath

Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today joined the party's protest against the contentious farm laws in Chhindwara. Speaking to ETV Bharat, Kamal Nath said that the farmers would be at the mercy of industrialists due to the laws. He further went on to accuse the Modi government of using the funding drive for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya as a diversionary tactic.

16:01 January 15

Cops use water cannon on protesting Cong leaders in Chandigarh

Cops use water cannon on protesting Cong leaders in Chandigarh

Police in Chandigarh used water cannon to stop Congress members, who were marching to Punjab Raj Bhawan in protest against the three farm laws. Several party leaders were later detained by the police.

15:50 January 15

  • आज चंडीगढ़ में 'किसान अधिकार दिवस' पर कांग्रेसजनों के साथ राजभवन घेराव के दौरान हम सभी विधायकगणों की गिरफ्तारी सरकार की तानाशाही का प्रतीक है। किसान की आवाज़ दबाने की कोशिश करने वाली सरकार उनके समर्थन में उठी हर आवाज को दमनकारी हथकंडों से कुचलना चाहती है।
    हम न डरेंगे, न रुकेंगे। pic.twitter.com/xiFjp6gMDc

    — Bhupinder S Hooda (@BhupinderSHooda) January 15, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Bhupinder Singh Hooda held

According to reports, leader of opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was held by the police in Chandigarh during the party's protest against the farm laws.

"Today, the arrest of all our leaders in Chandigarh is a symbol of the dictatorship of the government. The government is trying to suppress the voice of the farmers, and wants to crush every voice raised. We will neither be afraid nor will stop," Hooda tweeted.

15:09 January 15

Rahul Gandhi met protesting Congress MPs at Jantar Mantar

Illusion will soon be broken: Rahul

At the Jantar Mantar protest site, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the current government, and said that "illusion" created by the media would soon break.

14:16 January 15

Rahul, Priyanka meet protesting Cong MPs at Jantar Mantar

Rahul, Priyanka meet protesting Cong MPs at Jantar Mantar

After leading the protest march towards LG House, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Jantar Mantar and met the protesting Congress MPs from Punjab.

14:14 January 15

Lamba cut her hand after coming in contact with a barbed wire

Alka Lamba injured in protest

Delhi Congress leader Alka Lamba was injured during the party's protest march towards the L-G house.

According to reports, Congress leaders and the police faced off at the protest site, and as the situation grew tense, Lamba came in contact with a barbed wire and suffered a cut in her hand.

After suffering the injury, Lamba said the blood oozing out of her wound was in honour of the protesting farmers.

She added that the police erected barbed wire fences to stop the protesting Congress leaders despite the party carrying out a peaceful march towards the L-G House. 

13:55 January 15

Rahul, Priyanka join protest rally in Delhi

Rahul, Priyanka join protest rally in Delhi  

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined the march to the Governor House in the national capital today, as part of the party's nationwide agitation to express solidarity with the ongoing farmers' protest against the three new farm reform laws.

The party has asked all its state units to gherao Raj Bhavans in their states and the houses of LGs in Union Territories.

Congress Party has demanded a repeal of the farm laws brought by the Central government against which farmer organisations have been sitting in protest at the various borders of Delhi for 50 days now.

11:31 January 15

Rahul urges public to 'speak up' for farmers

  • देश के अन्नदाता अपने अधिकार के लिए अहंकारी मोदी सरकार के ख़िलाफ़ सत्याग्रह कर रहे हैं।

    आज पूरा भारत किसानों पर अत्याचार व पेट्रोल-डीज़ल के बढ़ते दामों के विरुद्ध आवाज़ बुलंद कर रहा है।

    आप भी जुड़िये और इस सत्याग्रह का हिस्सा बनिये।#SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar pic.twitter.com/3EG34bUQxm

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 15, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

New Delhi: Asking people to join the farmers' "satyagraha" against the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday spoke out in support of the ongoing protests and against rising fuel prices in the country. 

The Congress is observing the day as Kisan Adhikar Divas and will take out protest marches in all state capitals.

Participating in the "SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar" campaign of his party, Gandhi said on Twitter, "The country's farmers are holding a satyagraha against the arrogant Modi Government to win their rights."

"The entire country today is raising its voice against the atrocities being committed on farmers and the rise in price a of petrol and diesel.

You should also join this campaign and be a part of this satyagraha," he added in his Twitter post in Hindi.

Read: Congress to gherao Raj Bhavans across country, Rahul Gandhi to lead protest in Delhi

The party has backed the farmers' agitation and demanded a repeal of the Centre's three new farm laws.

The #SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar campaign was launched on a day the government and farmers are set to hold their ninth round of talks in a bid to end the deadlock. 

(PTI Report)

17:10 January 15

Centre plotting against farmers: Delhi Mahila Congress Chief

Centre plotting against farmers: Delhi Mahila Congress Chief

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Delhi Mahila Congress president Amrita Dhawan said that the government was playing with the lives of farmers, and was plotting against them. She added that the Prime Minister should come clean whether he had sold the agriculture sector to crony capitalists.

16:22 January 15

Farmers will be at mercy of industrialists: Kamal Nath

Farmers will be at mercy of industrialists: Kamal Nath

Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today joined the party's protest against the contentious farm laws in Chhindwara. Speaking to ETV Bharat, Kamal Nath said that the farmers would be at the mercy of industrialists due to the laws. He further went on to accuse the Modi government of using the funding drive for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya as a diversionary tactic.

16:01 January 15

Cops use water cannon on protesting Cong leaders in Chandigarh

Cops use water cannon on protesting Cong leaders in Chandigarh

Police in Chandigarh used water cannon to stop Congress members, who were marching to Punjab Raj Bhawan in protest against the three farm laws. Several party leaders were later detained by the police.

15:50 January 15

  • आज चंडीगढ़ में 'किसान अधिकार दिवस' पर कांग्रेसजनों के साथ राजभवन घेराव के दौरान हम सभी विधायकगणों की गिरफ्तारी सरकार की तानाशाही का प्रतीक है। किसान की आवाज़ दबाने की कोशिश करने वाली सरकार उनके समर्थन में उठी हर आवाज को दमनकारी हथकंडों से कुचलना चाहती है।
    हम न डरेंगे, न रुकेंगे। pic.twitter.com/xiFjp6gMDc

    — Bhupinder S Hooda (@BhupinderSHooda) January 15, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Bhupinder Singh Hooda held

According to reports, leader of opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was held by the police in Chandigarh during the party's protest against the farm laws.

"Today, the arrest of all our leaders in Chandigarh is a symbol of the dictatorship of the government. The government is trying to suppress the voice of the farmers, and wants to crush every voice raised. We will neither be afraid nor will stop," Hooda tweeted.

15:09 January 15

Rahul Gandhi met protesting Congress MPs at Jantar Mantar

Illusion will soon be broken: Rahul

At the Jantar Mantar protest site, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the current government, and said that "illusion" created by the media would soon break.

14:16 January 15

Rahul, Priyanka meet protesting Cong MPs at Jantar Mantar

Rahul, Priyanka meet protesting Cong MPs at Jantar Mantar

After leading the protest march towards LG House, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Jantar Mantar and met the protesting Congress MPs from Punjab.

14:14 January 15

Lamba cut her hand after coming in contact with a barbed wire

Alka Lamba injured in protest

Delhi Congress leader Alka Lamba was injured during the party's protest march towards the L-G house.

According to reports, Congress leaders and the police faced off at the protest site, and as the situation grew tense, Lamba came in contact with a barbed wire and suffered a cut in her hand.

After suffering the injury, Lamba said the blood oozing out of her wound was in honour of the protesting farmers.

She added that the police erected barbed wire fences to stop the protesting Congress leaders despite the party carrying out a peaceful march towards the L-G House. 

13:55 January 15

Rahul, Priyanka join protest rally in Delhi

Rahul, Priyanka join protest rally in Delhi  

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined the march to the Governor House in the national capital today, as part of the party's nationwide agitation to express solidarity with the ongoing farmers' protest against the three new farm reform laws.

The party has asked all its state units to gherao Raj Bhavans in their states and the houses of LGs in Union Territories.

Congress Party has demanded a repeal of the farm laws brought by the Central government against which farmer organisations have been sitting in protest at the various borders of Delhi for 50 days now.

11:31 January 15

Rahul urges public to 'speak up' for farmers

  • देश के अन्नदाता अपने अधिकार के लिए अहंकारी मोदी सरकार के ख़िलाफ़ सत्याग्रह कर रहे हैं।

    आज पूरा भारत किसानों पर अत्याचार व पेट्रोल-डीज़ल के बढ़ते दामों के विरुद्ध आवाज़ बुलंद कर रहा है।

    आप भी जुड़िये और इस सत्याग्रह का हिस्सा बनिये।#SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar pic.twitter.com/3EG34bUQxm

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 15, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

New Delhi: Asking people to join the farmers' "satyagraha" against the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday spoke out in support of the ongoing protests and against rising fuel prices in the country. 

The Congress is observing the day as Kisan Adhikar Divas and will take out protest marches in all state capitals.

Participating in the "SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar" campaign of his party, Gandhi said on Twitter, "The country's farmers are holding a satyagraha against the arrogant Modi Government to win their rights."

"The entire country today is raising its voice against the atrocities being committed on farmers and the rise in price a of petrol and diesel.

You should also join this campaign and be a part of this satyagraha," he added in his Twitter post in Hindi.

Read: Congress to gherao Raj Bhavans across country, Rahul Gandhi to lead protest in Delhi

The party has backed the farmers' agitation and demanded a repeal of the Centre's three new farm laws.

The #SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar campaign was launched on a day the government and farmers are set to hold their ninth round of talks in a bid to end the deadlock. 

(PTI Report)

Last Updated : Jan 15, 2021, 7:38 PM IST
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