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Govt-farmers to hold ninth round of talks on Friday; Tomar hopeful of positive discussion
The ninth round of negotiations between the government and protesting farmers will take place on Friday. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar expressed hope that the discussions would be positive. The government is ready to hold talks with farmers leaders with an open mind, Tomar said amid confusion over the fate of the next round of talks, in the wake of the Supreme Court appointing a four-member panel to resolve the impasse.Â
Tomar said the talks between the government and the union representatives will take place as scheduled for 12 pm on January 15. Even as the farmers refused to appear before the court-appointed panel citing its composition, the unions have expressed willingness to attend the scheduled talks with the government.
Dushyant Chautala meets Narendra Modi
As per reports, Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day after he met Home minister Amit Shah with Manohar Lal Khattar. After an hour-long meeting with Shah, both Khattar and Chautala said they have discussed about the prevailing law and order situation in the state. There is no threat to the Haryana government and it will last its full five year term, Chautala hald told news agency
PTI on Tuesday.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah targets PM over farmers protest
Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, in a series of tweets, said the Supreme Court s order to stay the new farm laws only reiterates the fact that the new laws are against the interests of farmers and accused prime minister Narendra Modi of deciding to turn a blind eye towards the plight of the farmers. Supreme Court has understood that farmers are right in their demands and hence have allowed farmers to contin
It is not strictly within the ambit of the powers of the Supreme Court to be passing orders staying legislations in aid of perception management. Hence, though the result may superficially seem correct, the process of reasoning, or lack thereof, behind the result, renders it anything but.
In a move to put pressure on the government over the three farm laws, the Congress on Saturday said that it has decided to organise Kisan Adhikar Divas in the country
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS A farmer shout slogans during a protest against farm bills at Singhu Border in New Delhi on Thursday.
Farmers protest LIVE updates Day 44: The leaders of the farmers unions demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws and the procurement of crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) are readying for a Tractor March announced by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways today. Farmers leaders said the Tractor March would be a trailer of the Republic Day Parade scheduled on January 26. After the seventh round of talks with the Central government on Monday remained inconclusive, the farmers decided to take out a Tractor March today. Earlier the Samyukta Kisan Morcha had scheduled the rally for January 6 but due to the bad weather forecast the march was postponed to January 7.