Ninth Round of Centre-Farmer Talks Ends in Deadlock Again The unions, while agreeing that they too wanted the impasse to end, reiterated that the governmentâs proposal was nothing new. Bharatiya Kisan Unon (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikiat leaves after the ninth round of talks with the government over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Friday, January 15, 2021. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma Government15/Jan/2021 New Delhi: Days after the Supreme Court attempted to broker a truce between protesting farmersâ unions and the Centre, the ninth round of discussions held between the two parties on Friday ended in yet another deadlock.