80% back govt s handling of farmers protest, finds MOTN poll
When asked if the farm laws should be amended as suggested by the government or repealed as demanded by the farmers, 55 per cent respondents voted for amendment while 28 per cent voted for repealing
BusinessToday.In | January 23, 2021 | Updated 08:41 IST
Farmers protest: 80% support govt s handling of issue, finds MOTN
Farmers continue their tussle with the government and the demand to repeal the new farm laws. While the government s tough stance has made sure that the matter now ends up in court, the public seems to be backing the Centre. According to findings from the Mood of the Nation poll, 80 per cent of respondents backed the government s handling of the issue. Only 16 per cent were not happy with the government s handling of the issue.
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Farmers reject Centre s offer to put 3 farm laws on hold for 18 months; want complete repeal
Farmers have firmly said that they will not go back to their homes until the government accepts their demand to repeal the three contentious farm laws
BusinessToday.In | January 22, 2021 | Updated 08:57 IST
On Friday, January 22, farmers and government will again meet for the 11th time on the new proposal
Protesting farmers unions have rejected the government s proposal to suspend the three contentious laws for 18 months and said they want a complete repeal of the three legislations.
The government, during their tenth round of negotiation with the agitating farmer leaders, proposed to suspend the three farm laws for 1-1.5 years (18 months) and set up a joint committee to find an amicable solution in the interest of the farming community.
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The talks between the Centre and the protesting farmers have failed to yield any concrete result so far.
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UPDATED: January 20, 2021 17:19 IST
The 10th round of talks between the Centre and the farmer unions over the three farm laws started at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
Farmers, agitating against the three new farm laws, have been sitting near border points of the national capital since November 26.
The agitation has been continuing for 56 days now, despite extreme cold weather conditions. Farmers have even refused to scale down their demands of repealing the three farm laws.
Centre proposes to suspend farm laws for 1.5 years, farmers call internal meet to discuss offer The next round of talks between the Central Government and the farmers unions to end the deadlock over the three farm laws has been scheduled for 22 January FP Staff January 20, 2021 23:32:08 IST Farmers leaders during the 10th round of talks with the central government on new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, 20 January. PTI
Yielding some ground to end the nearly two-month-long protest by thousands of farmers on the National Capital borders, the Centre on Wednesday proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for one and a half years, and set up a committee to look into the future course of action over the legislations. The proposal was made during the tenth round of talks between the two sides.