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Agitating farmers refuse to budge, say here for ‘decisive battle’ Reject offer for talks, siege of Delhi continues
The agitating farmers who have laid siege to Delhi rejected the central government’s offer for talks for the second time in two days. The protesting farmers said they have come to the national capital for a “decisive battle” and asserted that they will continue their agitation till their demands are met. “Our demands are non-negotiable,” said a farmer leader, adding that the ruling party “will have to pay a heavy price” if it did not heed their concerns. “We have come here to fight a decisive battle,” the farmer leader said. Gurnam Singh Chaduni, another
farmer leader, added that around 31 cases have so far been registered against the protesters to “suppress” their agitation. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had asked the farmers to shift to the Burari ground in New Delhi and had said the Centre was ready to hold discussions with them as soon as they moved to the designated place. Last night, Shah also had a meeting with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and BJP President J P Nadda along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for over two hours to discuss the farmers’ agitation and a possible solution to the crisis…Read More