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Lucknow: Farmers' organisations in Uttar Pradesh expressed anger on Sunday over registration of cases against farmers in connection with stubble burning. Bharatiya Kisan Union senior leader Gaurav Tikait said the government was blaming only the farmers for air pollution and registering cases against them for stubble burning and imposing fines. "This amounts to inflicting atrocities on the country's 'annadata' (food provider)," he said. Tikait also demanded that cases registered against farmers for stubble burning be withdrawn. He said his organisation would hold a nationwide protest — 'Kisan Hal Kranti' — on December 21 over this. "The government is unable to catch those primarily responsible for pollution. Air pollution takes place mainly in cities with burning of vehicular fuels like petrol and diesel, operation of generators, air-conditioners, and burning of plastic and rubber. All these contribute to 94 per cent of air pollution. However, the government does not act on … [Read more...] about UP Farmers’ Organisations Express Anger over Registration of Cases for Stubble Burning

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday it was not smoke from his state that was causing pollution in Delhi and stressed on the need to find ways to dispose of paddy straw, which farmers in his state usually burn in October and November. His remarks come amid claims that stubble burning in Punjab was to be blamed for the pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region. "You keep blaming Punjab for the pollution. This morning I couldn't come from Chandigarh by chopper because of the pollution in Delhi and Punjab had bright sunshine. So we are not giving any smoke from Punjab," Singh said at the 17th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. "I don't know where the smoke is coming from... it is coming from within this area, Singh said here. "I have 13 million tonnes of rice which has just been harvested. I have got 26 million tonnes of paddy straw and unless we find a solution for that paddy straw what will the farmer do? They cannot survive and you cannot ask them … [Read more...] about Don’t Know Where Smoke is Coming From: Amarinder Says Punjab Not Responsible for Delhi’s Pollution

New Delhi: "Abki baar 3 paar" would be the slogan of the BJP for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday, taking a dig at the saffron party which had won just three seats in the 2015 polls. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here, Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party's slogan would be "abki baar 67 paar" (this time we will cross 67 seats) in the assembly polls due early next year. When asked whether he considers Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari a competitor in the elections, the chief minister praised him for his singing. "Have you heard him singing 'Rinkiya ke papa'," Kejriwal quipped. He said Delhiites talk so much about the work done by the AAP government that party leaders do not even have to give speeches in elections. The chief minister said the political discourse has changed in the national capital. "After five years of being in power, our critics have started loving us. We will win more hearts in the next two months (till … [Read more...] about ‘Abki Baar Teen Paar’ Would be BJP’s Slogan for Delhi Assembly Elections, Says Arvind Kejriwal