Search For A Breakthrough : Crucial Farmers Union, And Government Talks Today

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Farmers protesting against the new farm laws are set to hold talks with the Centre. They are expected to reiterate the four-point agenda for talks including modalities to repeal farm laws and a mechanism to bring a law for providing a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price.

It’s essential to have strong opposition in the country whom the govt fears but here they don’t. This is why farmers had to come on roads. Opposition should sit in pitched tents& stage protest on roads against the farm laws, said, Rakesh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union at Ghazipur border.

The Central government has invited the farmers’ union for discussion over the new farm laws on Wednesday.

The Union Agriculture Ministry has called upon the farmers’ leaders for negotiations at 2 pm today. The meeting is scheduled to be held the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met senior BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah. Sources said they discussed and finalised the government”s position for the meeting.

The agitating farmers have a clear stand that they will leave the protesting sites once the laws are revoked.

Sukhvinder Singh Sabhran, Punjab, Joint Secretary, Kisan Sangharsh Committee told ANI, “We have held 5 rounds of conversation with the government but nothing came out of it because they are only speaking about the benefits of farm laws. We do not think that the government wants to reach to some amendment in this meeting. We hope something fruitful comes out of this discussion today.”

“Our intentions are that we want to produce even more wheat next time. Let everyone be in awe, after such a long front, how can farmers produce so much wheat,” said another farmer.