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Haryana: Police rescues BJP MLA Kamal Gupta held hostage by protesters demanding release of BKU leader Gurnam Singh Charuni

Jinit Jain - 4 October, 2021

OpIndia spoke to BJP state secretary Dr Pawan Saini who confirmed MLA Kamal Gupta was held captive by farmers.

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Rajasthan police baton-charge farmers gathered outside District Collectorate’s office demanding procurement of paddy: Watch video

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2021

The farmers had reportedly gathered outside the District Collectorate's office to urge the administration to begin the procurement of paddy when they were baton-charged by the Rajasthan police

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‘You have strangulated Delhi, obstructing security and defence personnel, it is all in the media’: Supreme Court slams farmer leaders

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2021

"You are obstructing the security and defence personnel. This was in the media. All this should stop. There is no point in protests once you come to the court challenging the laws," Justice Khanwilkar added.

News Reports

Noida: Bharat Bandh protestors engage in vandalism, break through police barricades

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2021

Meanwhile, the cops deployed on the ground during the Bharat Bandh tried to offer resistance but they were clearly outnumbered.

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Bharat Bandh: Congress supported ‘farmer’ protestors block roads, sit on railway tracks but fail to make an impact

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2021

Earlier in March this year, ‘farmer protestors’ gave calls for ‘Bharat Bandh’ in Punjab and caused a loss of ₹500 crores in a single day.

News Reports

While Sugar factories elsewhere were closing down during Covid-19, all factories were kept running in Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2021

Yogi Adityanath said that all sugar factories in UP were running during Covid-19, and closed factories were reopened

News Reports

Rakesh Tikait begs Joe Biden to pressure Narendra Modi into repealing farm laws: Here’s the actual position of US govt on the matter

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2021

It seems Rakesh Tikait is not aware of stated position of the US govt regarding the issues the farmers are raising concerning

News Reports

UP: Yogi govt withdraws 868 cases against farmers, were lodged for violating govt orders against stubble burning

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

As per reports, the Yogi government is also considering scrapping of the fine the government imposes for violation of stubble burning guidelines.

News Reports

‘It happens, part of the course’: India Today journalist normalises heckling, harassment of her colleague by ‘farmer protestors’

OpIndia Staff - 7 September, 2021

India Today journalist Preeti Choudhry normalises the mob harassment and heckling that AajTak anchor Chitra Tripathi faced at Muzaffarnagar Kisan Mahapanchayat.

News Reports

Punjab police lathi-charge, use water cannons on protesting farmers in Moga as clashes turned violent

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2021

The severe action against farmers comes days after Punjab CM Amarinder Singh had called the Haryana Police's actions on farmers as 'brazen brutality'.

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