Farmers protest LIVE Updates: The eighth round of talks between the government and representatives of protesting unions ended without any outcome on Friday and the next meeting is likely to take place on 15 January, sources said. Watch LIVE News, Latest Updates, Live blog, Highlights and Live coverage online at firstpost.com.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the on-going farmers protest against the recently enacted three farm laws at various Delhi borders. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde told Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta and Attorney General (AG) K.K. Venugopal, representing the Centre, There is absolutely no improvement in the situation. Mehta submitted that the Centre is in discussion with the farmers to resolve their issues with the laws and since healthy talks are going on between the farmers and Centre, it would not be advisable to take up the matters immediately. The AG said filing of response by the Centre may close avenues of negotiations underway between the farmers and Centre.
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A consensus was reached on stubble burning and safeguarding power subsidies, two of the four issues that were on the agenda for talks between protesting farmers and central ministers on Wednesday. Speaking to media, Rakesh Tikait, Spokesperson, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), said: Issues related to stubble burning and electricity were sorted in today s meeting. Two of our main issues still need to be resolved. We will discuss topics related to MSP and repealing of three Farm laws in the next meeting on January 4. The repeal of three farm market reform laws and a legal guarantee for minimum support prices (MSPs) for farm produce are among the biggest demands of the farmers.