Only Repeal of Contentious Farm Laws Will End Stalemate , Says Farmers

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Only repealing of the new farm laws will end the stalemate, an All India Kisan Sabha official said , ahead of the fifth-round of talks between the government and protesting farmer organisations over the legislations.

The fourth round, which was held on Thursday, failed to end the standoff, with protesting farmers sticking to their demand of scrapping the laws.

“We want to complete rollback of the laws. If the government doesn’t accept our demand, we will continue our agitation” said Harjinder Singh Tanda, state chief of Azad Kisan Sangharsh Committee, Punjab

“There is no doubt in our minds that only repeal of the laws will end the agitation. We will not budge. We want the government to take their proposals to the Parliament and let a Parliamentary committee discuss the issues. We will not agree to anything short of repeal of the laws,” AIKS finance secretary Krishna Prasad said.

Undeterred by the winter chill, thousands of farmers have stayed put at various border points of Delhi for the past nine days as part of their protest against the Centre’s farm laws.