Farmers are giving up on BT cotton. GMOs are not useful.
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Are these new technologies destroying the biodiversity of plants, soil, organisms, and pollinators, spreading poisons, and trapping the vulnerable farmers in debt?
Former Muktsar MLA Karan Kaur Brar, daughter-in-law of Ex-CM Harcharan Singh Brar, stayed away from active campaigning in the rural polls, fuelling talk of differences with Punjab Congress Chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, in his own home district. If a state party President struggles to keep even senior leaders and legacy families on board locally, what does it say about his grip over the Congress organisation in Punjab ?
पूर्व मुक्तसर विधायक करण कौर बराड़, पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री हरचरण सिंह बराड़ की बहू, ग्रामीण निकाय चुनावों में सक्रिय प्रचार से दूर रहीं, जिससे पंजाब कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष अमरिंदर सिंह राजा वड़िंग से उनके मतभेदों की चर्चाएं तेज़ हो गईं, वह भी वड़िंग के अपने गृह ज़िले में। अगर कोई प्रदेश अध्यक्ष अपने ही इलाके में वरिष्ठ नेताओं और राजनीतिक विरासत वाले परिवारों को साथ नहीं रख पा रहा, तो यह पंजाब कांग्रेस पर उसकी पकड़ के बारे में क्या संकेत देता है ?
Tarsem Singh DC was once Congress’s winning face in Attari, defeating senior Akali leader Gulzar Singh Ranike in 2017. But in 2022, the party denied him a ticket, chose Tarsem Singh Sialka instead, and then expelled DC for alleged anti-party activity. Since Sialka has joined the Aam Aadmi Party, Congress lost the seat, and Attari has slipped further out of its grip.
