Farmer unions agree to return to table: Next round of talks Tuesday
Following deliberations on the government offer for talks, farmer unions, under the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, told the press at Singhu border Saturday the protest at Delhi’s gates is now a month old that talks with the government will be held at 11 am Tuesday. Updated: December 27, 2020 8:15:07 am
The unions warned that they will intensify their agitation by increasing blockades on highways of Delhi NCR if the talks do not lead to a tangible solution. (Express file photo by Abhinav Saha)
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government is
Done with the government’s obfuscation, farmers protesting at Delhi’s borders have sought to buttonhole the Modi dispensation into discussing the real issues by sending a detailed agenda for the talks they have mooted on December 29.
The proposed agenda lists the modalities for the repeal of the three farm laws and the mechanisms to be adopted to enact a law guaranteeing a minimum support price.
The farmers have asked Narendra Modi to stop his “litany of lies”, saying it brings disrepute not only to the Prime Minister’s Office but also to the country. The farmers have expressed disappointment at the way the government has been trying to mislead the nation with “lies and fabrication of facts”.
Open to talks, but need a more concrete proposal, not just tweaks: Farm unions to Government
Farmer leaders said they have rejected amendments suggested by the Centre to the three farm laws and have since received no fresh proposal from the government. Updated: December 24, 2020 7:49:44 am
Protest at the Singhu border on Wednesday.
Farmer unions, protesting at Delhi’s borders for nearly a month now against the new farm laws, said Wednesday that they have sent a letter to the Centre, stating they are open to talks, but the government must offer a concrete proposal first.
Reading out a letter sent by the farmer leaders, Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav told the press at Singhu border: “We urge the government not to repeat those meaningless amendments which we have already rejected, but to come up with a concrete proposal in writing, so that can be made an agenda and the process of negotiation can be started as soon as possible.”
Ready for talks, but govt should send concrete proposal, say protesting farmers
After a meeting of their umbrella body, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), farmer leaders said they were ready for talks but are waiting for the Centre to come to the table with an open mind.
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Farmers gesture during their ongoing protest against the new farm sector reform laws, at the Singhu border in Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo | Parveen Negi/EPS) By Express News Service
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH : The weeks-long deadlock over the new farm laws continued on Wednesday with farmer unions demanding that the Union government offer concrete proposals, abandon its stubbornness and accept their demands to end their agitation. Both sides have now indicated they are ready for talks without budging on their core agenda.
Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav reading out letter by farmer leaders at the Singhu border. (Photo/ANI)
Farmer unions urge government to come up with concrete proposal, not repeat meaningless amendments ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 20:00 IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Farmer unions protesting against the new farm laws on Wednesday wrote a letter to the government urging it not to repeat the meaningless amendments which have been rejected before and to come up with a concrete proposal in writing.
In the letter, farmer unions have asked the government not to question the letter that was earlier written as it was a unanimous decision.