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SAD quits NDA: How farm bills ended friendship between oldest allies

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal shows the Congress party manifesto while addressing party workers at Gurdwara Bhadurgarh Sahib, in Patiala, Punjab, India, on Saturday.

Updated on Sep 27, 2020, 8:26 AM IST

‘All must unite against Centre’, says SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal addressing party workers at Gurdwara Bhadurgarh Sahib in Patiala, Punjab on Saturday.

Updated on Sep 27, 2020, 5:07 AM IST

‘A win for the farmers’: Surjewala on SAD’s NDA exit

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala lashed out at Akali Dal after their exit from the NDA.

Updated on Sep 27, 2020, 12:47 AM IST

‘No morality, just political compulsion’: Punjab CM on SAD’s exit from NDA

File photo: Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

Updated on Sep 26, 2020, 11:50 PM IST

‘No longer the NDA envisioned by Vajpayee, Badal sahab’: Harsimrat after SAD’s exit from alliance

Former food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, over BJP's farm sector bills.

Updated on Sep 26, 2020, 11:46 PM IST

Snapping over two-decades-long ties, SAD pulls out of NDA over farm bills

The SAD, a long-time constituent of the NDA, and the BJP had been allies since 1996.

Updated on Sep 27, 2020, 12:10 AM IST

SAD quits NDA over farm bills, says party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal announcing decision to quit the NDA.

Updated on Sep 26, 2020, 11:32 PM IST

‘SAD is trying to remain in alliance’: Farmers’ body accuses Akali Dal of doing politics over farm bills

Farmers raise slogans while occupying a railway track during 'rail roko' protest against the passing of agriculture reform bills in the Parliament, at Devi Dasspura village, in Amritsar, Punjab.

Updated on Sep 26, 2020, 1:11 PM IST

BJP treads cautiously with SAD: Partnership could be in question

Farmers shout slogans as they block a railway track during a protest against farm bills passed by Parliament, in Devi Dasspura village on the outskirts of Amritsar in Punjab on September 24.

Published on Sep 26, 2020, 8:45 AM IST

Sukhbir, Harsimrat lead Akali chakka jam against farm bills

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal during a protest against the farm bills at their native Lambi village in Muktsar district on Friday.

Published on Sep 25, 2020, 4:56 PM IST

Stir to intensify as farm groups come together

In Punjab, where the protests against the bills started more than a month ago, at least 31 farmers bodies have come together and drawn up a joint protest plan.

Updated on Sep 25, 2020, 1:36 AM IST

Nationwide shutdown over farm bills row on Friday: 10 points

Farmers block a railway track as they participate in 'Rail Roko Andolan' during a protest against the farm bills .

Updated on Sep 24, 2020, 11:20 PM IST

Farm bills, sifting the grain from the chaff

Most farmer organisations, barring a handful owing allegiance to the RSS and BJP, have hit the streets in protest against the bills. Lathicharge and use of force on a peaceful assembly of farmers at Pipli near Kurukshetra recently (in pic) was saddening.

Published on Sep 22, 2020, 2:58 PM IST

SAD to hold 3-hour chakka jam on September 25, lead kisan march from three Takhts on October 1

Seeking revocation of the farm bills, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal will lead a farmer march from Takht Damdama Sahib, while SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal will lead the march from Akal Takht to Dussehra Ground, Mohali, on October 1.

Published on Sep 22, 2020, 6:30 AM IST

‘Anti-farmer’: SAD team meets President Kovind, requests him not to sign farm bills passed by Parliament

A delegation of Shiromani Akali Dal led by Sukhbir Singh Badal leaving after the meet with President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi.

Updated on Sep 21, 2020, 6:21 PM IST

The govt’s rush to pass key farm bills and the Opposition’s conduct were wrong

The discussion in the House was rushed — since the government wants to push through a range of other legislations in quick time, before the session is brought to an early end on Wednesday

Published on Sep 20, 2020, 7:42 PM IST

SAD took ‘U-turn’ on agriculture sector reforms Bills: Punjab Minister

Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister BB Ashu

Published on Sep 20, 2020, 5:34 PM IST

‘Defeat them, this is what farmer wants’: Kejriwal on farm bills in Rajya Sabha

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a digital press conference in New Delhi.

Updated on Sep 20, 2020, 11:40 AM IST

Failed to convince govt about farmers’ grouse: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

I’ve been very fortunate that I was a part of the Modi Cabinet for six years, Badal added.

Updated on Sep 19, 2020, 4:35 AM IST

Kept pleading with govt not to go ahead with farm bills: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned soon after her husband and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal strongly opposed the bills in Lok Sabha on Thursday night.

Published on Sep 18, 2020, 6:47 PM IST

Punjab’s farmers fear new regime will end assured procurement under MSP

Punjab’s farmers fear new regime will end assured procurement under MSP

Published on Sep 18, 2020, 2:30 PM IST

‘Want to give clear message to farmers with humility’: PM Modi speaks to farmers via video conference

In his address, PM Modi said considering the problems faced by the farmers, the government has made constant efforts to overcome every problem.

Updated on Sep 18, 2020, 2:13 PM IST

‘What politics?’: Farmers protesting against farm bills everywhere, says Harsimrat Kaur Badal after quitting

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal is seen in this file photo. Badal had on Thursday resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest against three “anti-farmer” ordinances and legislation.

Updated on Sep 18, 2020, 1:52 PM IST

‘Out of compulsion’: Punjab Congress chief Jakhar on Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s resignation

Members of various farmer organisations on their way to stage a protest against the central government over agriculture related ordinances, in Patiala (PTI Photo)

Updated on Sep 18, 2020, 12:08 PM IST

Allies for decades, SAD-BJP move away as govt passes farm bills

Members of various farmer organisations protest against the central government over farm bills in Patiala on September 17.

Updated on Sep 18, 2020, 10:49 AM IST

Why farm sector reform bills are angering farmers: All you need to know

Members of various farmer organisations hold a protest against the Central government over agriculture-related ordinances, in Patiala on Thursday.

Updated on Sep 18, 2020, 11:56 AM IST

Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Cabinet over farm bills

“I have resigned from Union Cabinet in protest against anti-farmer ordinances and legislation. Proud to stand with farmers as their daughter and sister,” Harsimrat Kaur Badal wrote in a Twitter message.

Updated on Sep 18, 2020, 6:14 AM IST

Union minister Harsimrat Kaur resigns, BJP runs into trouble with old ally

The SAD, which clarified that it continues to be part of the NDA government, is opposed to the farm bill moved by the government, alleging that it is anti-farmer. (Photo @HarsimratBadal_)

Updated on Sep 17, 2020, 11:02 PM IST

Harsimrat Kaur ejects out of Cabinet over farm bills, her party stays in NDA

The SAD had been requesting the Centre not to go ahead with the three agriculture-related bills for approval of Parliament “until all reservations expressed by farmers’ organisations, farmers and farm labourers” are addressed. (Photo @HarsimratBadal)

Updated on Sep 17, 2020, 11:01 PM IST

SAD appeals to Centre not to enact laws on farm ordinances till redressal of farmers’ fears

Farmers have expressed apprehension that these ordinances would pave the way for dismantling of the MSP system and they would be at the “mercy” of big corporates.

Published on Sep 12, 2020, 9:18 PM IST

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