Meanwhile, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar  requested farmers to consider Center’s proposal. He insisted that the government is ready for further discussions. “We’re ready to talk on our offer too…. No law can be entirely defective. Government is ready to discuss the provisions that may adversely affect the farmers,” he said.

their earlier plan of blocking Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Agra highway by December 12, more farmers are likely to join the protests on Friday. Police have stepped up vigil on the border areas to ensure the protesters can’t block highways.

Farmers’ unions have said that the protest will be intensified and a date for railway track blockade across the country will be announced soon. Several trains — either originating from or terminating at Punjab — are regularly being cancelled, diverted, short-terminated because of the ongoing protests.

the ministry of information and broadcasting came out with a booklet highlighting agriculture reforms introduced by the government. Titled ‘Putting Farmers First’, the booklet discusses a great deal about the recent farm laws.

govt also claim the purchase on MSP during kharif has increased manifold .

In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes.

Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pardesh, Maharashtra and Bihar with purchase of over 362.31 LMTs of paddy up to 09.12.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 298.79 LMT showing an increase of 21.25 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 362.31 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.77 LMT which is 55.96% of total procurement.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced his SANYAS and said that this was going to be his last election and “all is well that ends well”.

“Parso chunav hai aur yeh mera aakhiri chunav hai…aur ant bhala to sab bhala (day after tomorrow there is poll and this is my last election…all is well that ends well)”, said Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar while addressing a public meeting at Dhamdaha in Purnia district of northeast Bihar.

Mr. Kumar, 69, is facing anti-incumbency in the polls as he seeks the fourth consecutive term for Chief Minister’s post.

“Our leader Tejashwi Yadav has been saying for long that on November 10 farewell of Nitish Kumar is guaranteed. Yeh to aise bhi unka last chunav hi tha (it was anyway his last election),” said RJD leader and party spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari.

Meanwhile Campaigning for the third and final phase of Bihar assembly elections in which 2.35 crore voters will decide the electoral fate of more than 1,200 candidates, including the Speaker and some members of the state cabinet, ended on Thursday evening.

The final phase of polling on Saturday will cover 78 constituencies spread across 19 north Bihar districts.

Leading from the front, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed rallies in remote districts of Araria and Saharsa for this phase of elections, exhorting the masses to retain their trust in the NDA.

He asserted that the coalition headed in the state by Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar was looking forward to meet the “aspirations” of people in the decade to follow, having fulfilled their “needs” in the preceding one.

Altogether 12 rallies were addressed by the Prime Minister, on whom the NDA banks for performing well in the 243 assembly constituencies across the state.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi also addressed election meetings at Madhepura and Araria where he raised suspicions of poll rigging dubbing the EVMs as MVMs (Modi voting machines), drawing jeers from the BJP which claimed the opposition leader had lost his nerves in the face of an impending defeat.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumars rallies continued to be in the news for unsavoury happenings. At an election rally in Madhubani, stones and onions were hurled towards the dais, evoking an angry retort from the incumbent “phenko, aur phenko” (carry on with your mischief).

RJD chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav continued with his campaign, drawing enthusiastic crowds at his rallies, numerous in a day.

Poll pundits are, however, of the view that after gaining momentum in the first phase, the RJD-led Grand Alliance has lost some steam in the subsequent ones.

The BJP roped in many of its heavyweights for the assembly election campaign. Defence minister Rajnath Singh, party president Jagat Prakash Nadda and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were among those who repeatedly flew down to the state urging voters to support the NDA.

People also attended, in heavy numbers, rallies and road shows of LJP president Chirag Paswan who has created a buzz by virtue of his strident criticism of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the gumption to go solo despite repeated claims of loyalty towards the BJP.

The final phase covers the Seemanchal area of the state, densely populated and having a heavy concentrat

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• Funds collected by the parties at the Central Headquarters was Rs 233.76 cr and expenditure was Rs 204.10 cr. Maharashtra State Units spent Rs 136.69 cr while the Haryana state units spent Rs 16.42 cr.

• BSP, AIFB, IUML & JDU are the only parties that declared no funds collected either at the central or at the state unit level despite contesting elections.

• AIFB, IUML & JDU are the only parties that have incurred no expenditure either at the central or at the state unit level despite contesting elections.

ADR India did analysis of Funds Collected and Expenditure Incurred by Political Parties: Maharashtra & Haryana Assembly Elections, 2014 This report analyses the funds received and expenditure incurred by recognized political parties, during the state Assembly elections to Maharashtra and Haryana, held in the months of September (elections announced on 20-09-2014) and October (elections completed on 22-10-2014), 2014.

• Political parties declare their expenditure under the head of Publicity Travel Expenses, Other/Miscellaneous expenses and Lumpsum amount paid to their contesting candidates.

• Political Parties that contested in Maharashtra & Haryana Assembly Elections, 2014, spent the highest, Rs 280.72 cr on Publicity, followed by Rs 41.40 cr on travel expenses, Rs 22.59 cr on Other/Miscellaneous expenses and Rs 18.16 cr on Lumpsum amount paid to candidates.

• Expenditure on publicity is 77.36% of the overall expenditure declared under various heads.

• Expenditure on other/miscellaneous is 6.23% of the overall expenditure declared under various heads. Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, on Wednesday called for urgent introspection inside party. Mr Scindia said. “I don’t comment on statements made by others, but it is true that the Congress is in dire need of introspection. The party’s situation should be assessed and improved, that’s the need of the hour,” 

A close aide of Rahul Gandhi Mr Scindia is reportedly not happy on political development of MadhyaPradesh Congress. It also seems that he has been side-lined in home state after Rahul Gandhi resignation.

There has been speculation that Scindia could leave the party for the BJP unless he was appointed as the Madhya Pradesh Congress chief. His also supported the Narendra Modi government’s move to scrap article 370.

Meanwhile Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the party was trying to expose the ruling BJP over issues of corruption and highlighting its shortcomings and follies, while hoping that all leaders of the grand old party would work in this regard.

Earlier senior leader Salman Khurshid had said that Rahul Gandhi should have continued as the party president instead of giving up after the Lok Sabha elections. “We haven’t really got together to analyse why we were defeated. Our biggest problem is that our leader has walked away.”

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