Morning Digest | Centre says farmer protests won’t impact wheat procurement; Sandeshkhali witnesses fresh tensions as Bengal BJP chief removed from village, and more

From Amit Shah’s BJP poll campaign in Chhattigarh to Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, here is a select list of stories to start the day on Feb 22, 2024

Farmer protests won’t impact wheat procurement: Centre

As the wheat harvest and procurement season is about to begin in March, the Centre said it was hopeful of resolving the farmers’ protests before it. Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra told reporters here on Thursday that the Centre was willing to hold further talks with farmers on their demands. 

India a bridging power in many ways: Jaishankar

India is a bridging power in many ways, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday, while stating that multilateralism would exist side by side with national interests. In this regard, he stated that just after Independence India put “trust” in multilateralism and took the “Kashmir aggression” issue to the United Nations (UN) and others made it into an “accession issue” for geopolitical reasons.

Fresh tensions in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal BJP president dragged away from police station

Fresh protests erupted in Sandeshkhali on February 22 against alleged “land grabbing” by Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan’s brother Sheikh Sirajuddin.

SKM pledges to mobilise farmers nationwide and hold talks for action plan