* + 0 - 1!23 2!23 3 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' "$%&"' ()* ,&,&- ./01 /(23 - 2 *"O-,"'8& %% /,88' # '"8 %%'#8*< '%# - 9 9#*"/*% #%&'%,9"*$ )&*- %)&,) "#8$ / */&#8'"8* #$ *--*8''*"%# #/" ; %": $'&% #$'9#8 / "&'/ '-,/ & "' /& #&/ ," &:#/ ) ;'< :$ 4% ! 56""# 7 4 8 # + , , -+ .(/ ( ! " ! & (' ) "#$#%&' fter Ghaziabad adminis- Atration asked protesting o register their protest over farmers to vacate UP Gate Tthe controversial farm leg- protest site by Thursday mid- islation, leaders of 16 night tension is brewing in the Opposition parties on "#$#%&' area with union leader Rakesh Thursday announced they will Tikait remaining adamant and boycott President Ram Nath eeping the Covid protocols said he would commit suicide Kovind’s address to Parliament Kof social distancing, the but won’t end the stir. on Friday. 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 nessed at the protest site, where collective demand” for repeal of time. Bharatiya Kisan Union mem- the farm laws and in solidari- While 144 members of bers, led by Tikait, are staying ty with the agitating Parliament will be seated in the put since November farmers. Central Hall, including the 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- "constitutional and moral This will be the second parliamentary scrutiny was 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 "#$#%&' The Special Cell of Delhi 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 he Delhi Police on 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. TThursday issued 44 look- 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 out notices to protesters and 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- farmer leaders named in an 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- First Information Report (FIR) 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- in connection with the vio- 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 lence during the farmers’ trac- 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 tor parade on Republic 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 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 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 % "#$#%&' the crossroads today and choic- P Estate police station at ITO, Ram Shah Hospital to enquire es that are made will have pro- ! Pandav Nagar, Nangloi and about the health of policemen "#$#%&' s stalemate continued at found repercussions not just for Najafgarh police stations, have injured in the violence during Athe Line of Actual Control the two nations but for the "#$#%&' and presented before the SC. been transferred to Crime the farmers’ tractor parade on he Supreme Court on (LAC) for the last nine months, entire world. Section A is related to the Branch. Republic Day. TThursday said control over External Affairs Minister S He said the Chinese actions he Supreme Court- Farmers’ Produce Trade and TV programmes having “insti- Jaishankar said on Thursday in eastern Ladakh not only sig- Tappointed committee on Commerce (Promotion and gating effect” is as important as the incidents in Ladakh last naled a disregard for commit- farm laws has sought sugges- Facilitation) Act, 2020 and it ! R providing “lathis” to policemen year have “profoundly” dis- ments about minimising troops tions from all stakeholders contains eight questions and for law and order, and slammed turbed ties with China. level but also showed a will- engaged in agricultural activi- respondents will have to answer the Centre for “doing nothing” Making this assertion, he ingness to breach peace and ties or any other activity relat- in only “yes” and “no”. The to curb such shows. cautioned the relations between tranquility. ed to it over the three farm laws questions are: Are you aware Hearing a plea on the the two countries were at cross- “Significantly, to date, we and the minimum support about this Act? Where do you $ media reporting issue in the roads and choices that are have yet to receive a credible price (MSP) by February 20. sell your produce? Do you feel Tablighi Jamaat case, a bench made will have profound reper- explanation for the change in The committee has pre- that the provisions in the Act "*' +,-. & "' /& headed by Chief Justice SA cussions not just for two neigh- China’s stance and massing of pared a feedback form which will give more choice to the Bobde also referred to the bours but for the entire world. troops in border areas,” he includes 20 multiple questions, farmers to sell their produce he Bharatiya Kisan Union The Haryana Government internet shutdown in some Expressing concern over quo along the LAC is com- said at the All India Conference divided into five sections. beyond APMC markets? Will T(Lok Shakti) here on Thas extended the suspen- areas of Delhi on January 26 these events, Jaishankar pletely unacceptable”. on China Studies. Sections A, B, and C deal with such an arrangement benefit Thursday announced it was sion of mobile Internet ser- when the tractor parade by stressed eight broad princi- Jaishankar’s remarks came Elaborating on eight points the three farm laws and section farmers in realising better ending its protest against the vices in Sonipat, Jhajjar and farmers protesting against three ples for repairing ties between days after the ninth round of for moving forward in bilater- D contains questions on the prices of their produce? There new central farm laws. BKU Palwal districts till Friday 5 pm new farm laws turned violent, India and China. They includ- Corps Commander-level talks al ties, the External Affairs MSP. The last section, E, seeks are apprehensions that the pro- (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj “to prevent disturbance of leaving 300 policemen and ed strict adherence to all agree- on Sunday could not break the Minister said agreements the respondents’ visions in the Act will collapse Singh made the announce- peace and public order”.