Topic: farmers protest

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has informed Parliament on Wednesday that the government has "no record" of the deaths of the farmers who camped out at Delhi borders protesting the three contentious laws - that have now been canceled - over the last year.

Minutes after Lok Sabha passed a crucial bill to cancel three contentious farm laws, Rakesh Tikait, one of the prominent faces of year-long farmers' protest called the Farm Laws Repeal Bill "a tribute to all 750 farmers who lost their lives during the protest."

A crucial bill to cancel three contentious farm laws was passed in Lok Sabha amid protests over demands for a discussion by the opposition.

Opposition parties raised matters like fuel price hike, inflation and farmers’ agitation at an all-party meeting on Sunday. The meeting was held a day before the Winter Session of Parliament.

Thousands of agitating farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh gathered at the borders of Delhi on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the historic protests against the Narendra Modi government's three agricultural laws and seeking a law to guarantee minimum support price for crops.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said if his party comes to power in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, its government will give Rs 25 lakh each to farmers who died during the year-long agitation against Narendra Modi government's farm laws.