DMK, allies on one-day hunger strike in support of protesting farmers

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Farmers’ agitation against the three contentious farm laws entered day 23 on Friday (December 18) as impasse continues between the government and farmer unions. Amid the ongoing protest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address farmers` conferences in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing on Friday. On December 17, Prime Minister Modi appreciated Tomar for 'attempting to have a polite dialogue' with the farmers through an open letter, requesting them to read it

Meanwhile, thousands of farmers continue to protest on different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. Farmers are demanding a complete repeal of all three laws. 

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18 December 2020

13:02 IST

BJP MLA Surendra Singh has described the farmers' protest against three farm laws as a "sponsored sit-in of anti-national forces" and claimed that the movement has foreign funding. He alleged that the foreign forces were fuelling the farmers' protest in the same way they were supporting the movement in Shaheen Bagh during anti-CAA protests.

12:49 IST

Speaking on the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that those who do not want to see a strong India are provoking and misleading the farmers over the agri bills. "They were earlier opposed to the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. They are now worried about the 'Shilanyash'," he said.