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Budget Session of Parliament A confrontation was build- In a joint statement issued, will begin on Friday with the ing up at the UP Gate in they said they have decided to President’s address to both the Ghazipur bordering Delhi with stay away from the President’s Houses (Lok Sabha and Rajya heavy security deployed while address in both the Houses of Sabha) seated in three different frequent power cuts were wit- Parliament, reaffirming “the locations for the first time. nessed at the protest site, where collective demand” for repeal of While 144 members of Bharatiya Kisan Union mem- the farm laws and in solidari- Parliament will be seated in the bers, led by Tikait, are staying ty with the agitating farmers. Central Hall, including the put since November 28. Describing the Opposition Council of Ministers, However, two days after the ! parties’ move to boycott the Chairpersons of various tractor parade turned violent President’s address to Committees of Lok Sabha and the crowd at the protest sites in Parliament as the “most unfor- Rajya Sabha, leaders of differ- Delhi’s Singhu and Tikri bor- tunate”, Parliamentary Affairs & ) ent parties and groups in both ders was visibly thin on Minister Pralhad Joshi on ! the Houses, former Prime Thursday. Farmer unions said Thursday urged them to recon- Ministers and national presi- it was because the protesters, sider their decision. bankruptcy”. time in a row when the bypassed and the laws were dents of BJP and Congress. The who had come to Delhi to take Talking to reporters here, Among the parties signa- Opposition will stay away from pushed through muzzling the remaining members of part in January 26 march, have he said the issues cited by the tories to the statement are the President’s address — a Opposition,” it said. Parliament will be seated in the returned home. Opposition parties for boy- Congress, NCP, Trinamool constitutional requirement “The farm laws are an chambers of Lok Sabha and The “verbal” communica- cotting the President’s address Congress, Shiv Sena, SP, RJD, before any session of the assault on the rights of the Rajya Sabha as per the Covid tion from the district adminis- can be raised during the debate DMK, CPI, CPI(M), among Parliament to begin. Last year, States and violate the federal induced physical distancing tration to BKU comes after on the motion of thanks. others. the Opposition parties had spirit of the Constitution. If not norms. three farmers union withdrew Police has also summoned six He said the President was The Aam Aadmi Party staged a protest in front of repealed, these laws will dis- Rajya Sabha Chairman M their protest over the violence farmer leaders and has asked above party politics and the BJP (AAP), which is not a signato- Ambedkar statue in support of mantle the edifice of National Venkaiah Naidu took the Covid on Republic Day. he Delhi Police on them to join the police inves- as an Opposition party never ry of the joint statement, has those opposing the citizenship Food Security that rests upon test ahead of the session and so “Ghaziabad DM Ajay TThursday issued 44 look- tigation at their office. boycotted the President’s also announced that its mem- amendment law. MSP, Government procure- were several members of Rajya Shankar Pandey has commu- out notices to protesters and Meanwhile, Delhi Chief address. bers in the House will boycott The joint statement of the ment and PDS,” the statement Sabha. A total of 1,209 officials nicated to the protestors camp- farmer leaders named in an Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Slamming opposition par- the President’s address. The Opposition parties says that the said accusing the Prime and staff of the Rajya Sabha ing at the UP Gate at Delhi bor- First Information Report (FIR) the violence on Republic Day ties for their decision to boycott Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has farm laws were brought “with- Minister and the BJP Secretariat also was adminis- der to vacate the spot by in connection with the vio- was unfortunate but it would the President’s address to also announced that it will out any consultations with Government remains arrogant, tered Covid test as part of the tonight or the administration lence during the farmers’ trac- not end the farmers’ move- Parliament, the BJP on boycott the President’s address States and farmer unions and adamant and undemocratic in preparations for the Budget will remove them,” a district tor parade on Republic Day. ment against the three agri Thursday accused them of over farm laws. lacked national consensus”. The their response. Session. official told PTI. Police also asked union laws. He also said strictest "constitutional and moral This will be the second parliamentary scrutiny was Continued on Page 11 Continued on Page 11 Continued on Page 11 leaders to surrender their punishment must be given to passports and also invoked those responsible for the vio- sedition charges in a case of lence. $ the Red Fort incident as the Earlier in the day, Union #! ! ! force intensified its investiga- Home Minister Amit Shah tion. Police has registered 33 along with Home Secretary, &' FIRs out of which nine FIRs Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Delhi filed at Samaypur Badli police Police Commissioner SN $ %&! ' ! station, Kotwali police sta- Shrivastava visited Sushruta tion which is near Red Fort, I Trauma Centre and Tirath P Estate police station at ITO, Ram Shah Hospital to enquire ! es that are made will have pro- Pandav Nagar, Nangloi and about the health of policemen found repercussions not just for # Najafgarh police stations, have injured in the violence during s stalemate continued at the two nations but for the been transferred to Crime the farmers’ tractor parade on Athe Line of Actual Control entire world. Section A is related to the Branch. Republic Day. he Supreme Court on (LAC) for the last nine months, He said the Chinese actions Farmers’ Produce Trade and The Special Cell of Delhi Continued on Page 11 TThursday said control over External Affairs Minister S in eastern Ladakh not only sig- he Supreme Court- Commerce (Promotion and TV programmes having “insti- Jaishankar said on Thursday naled a disregard for commit- Tappointed committee on Facilitation) Act, 2020 and it gating effect” is as important as the incidents in Ladakh last ments about minimising troops farm laws has sought sugges- contains eight questions and %! providing “lathis” to policemen year have “profoundly” dis- level but also showed a will- tions from all stakeholders respondents will have to answer for law and order, and slammed turbed ties with China. ingness to breach peace and engaged in agricultural activi- in only “yes” and “no”. The the Centre for “doing nothing” Making this assertion, he tranquility. ties or any other activity relat- questions are: Are you aware ) to curb such shows. cautioned the relations between “Significantly, to date, we ed to it over the three farm laws about this Act? Where do you Hearing a plea on the the two countries were at cross- have yet to receive a credible and the minimum support sell your produce? Do you feel media reporting issue in the roads and choices that are explanation for the change in price (MSP) by February 20. that the provisions in the Act Tablighi Jamaat case, a bench made will have profound reper- China’s stance and massing of The committee has pre- will give more choice to the headed by Chief Justice SA cussions not just for two neigh- troops in border areas,” he pared a feedback form which farmers to sell their produce Bobde also referred to the bours but for the entire world. said at the All India Conference includes 20 multiple questions, beyond APMC markets? Will he Bharatiya Kisan Union internet shutdown in some Expressing concern over quo along the LAC is com- on China Studies. divided into five sections. such an arrangement benefit T(Lok Shakti) here on *4 areas of Delhi on January 26 these events, Jaishankar pletely unacceptable”. Elaborating on eight points Sections A, B, and C deal with farmers in realising better Thursday announced it was when the tractor parade by stressed eight broad princi- Jaishankar’s remarks came for moving forward in bilater- the three farm laws and section prices of their produce? There ending its protest against the he Uttar Pradesh govern- farmers protesting against three ples for repairing ties between days after the ninth round of al ties, the External Affairs D contains questions on the are apprehensions that the pro- new central farm laws. BKU Tment claimed that the new farm laws turned violent, India and China. They includ- Corps Commander-level talks Minister said agreements MSP. The last section, E, seeks visions in the Act will collapse (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj tableau of Ram temple which leaving 300 policemen and ed strict adherence to all agree- on Sunday could not break the already reached on manage- the respondents’ suggestions.