New Delhi: The agitation of farmers against the three new agricultural laws continues. Meanwhile, the 11th round of meetings between the government and farmers was also inconclusive and the next date of the meeting has not been decided. Farmers are adamant on the demand to withdraw all three agricultural laws and enact a new law for MSP Guaranty. Farmers have also accused the government of insulting them.
In the meeting held today, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, “What we have proposed is for your benefit. We can do nothing better than this. If you get the idea, think once. We will meet again, but no next date has been set. “
The Agriculture Minister said, “The government is ready to ban the agricultural laws for a year and a half. The government cannot offer a better proposal than this. He said that if farmers are ready to talk then it can happen tomorrow but Vigyan Bhawan is not empty tomorrow. Tomar thanked the unions for their cooperation “
After the meeting, farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka said, “Before the lunch break, the farmer leaders demanded the withdrawal of agricultural laws. The government said that they are ready for an amendment. The ministers asked the farmer leaders to consider the proposal. At the same time, we asked the government to consider our proposal. After this, the minister left the meeting and left. Since then, farmer leaders have been waiting for the minister to return to the meeting. “
Farmer leader Surjeet Singh Phul (Surjeet Singh Fhul) said, “The eleventh round of meeting between the farmer unions and the government over the three agricultural laws has come to an end. No date for the next meeting has been set by the government.
After the 11th round of meeting, Rakesh Tikait said, “During the meeting, the government offered to implement the agricultural laws for two years and said that the next round of the meeting could be done only when the farmers union proposal Be ready to accept. ” He said “as planned, there will be a tractor rally on 26 January.”
Farmer leader SS Pandher (SS Pandher) has accused the government of insulting the farmers. He said, “The minister made us wait for three and a half hours. This is an insult to the farmers. When he came, he asked us to consider the government’s proposal and said that he was ending the process of meetings. ” Pandher has also said that the movement should continue peacefully.
In the meeting held today, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railway, Commerce, and Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Prakash interacted with representatives of about 41 farmers associations in Vigyan Bhawan.
The Supreme Court had on 11 January stayed the implementation of the three agricultural laws till further orders and formed a four-member committee to remove the deadlock. At present, this committee has only three members because Bhupinder Singh Mann, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, disassociated himself from this committee.
