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Govt’s meeting with farmers ends in deadlock; next round of talks on Dec 3 Govt has urged farmer groups to share their specific complaints with regard to the three central Acts by December 2 so that they could be taken up for discussions the next day
Talks on Tuesday between farmers’ groups and the Centre to break the deadlock over the agricultural Acts remained inconclusive, with both sides deciding to meet again on December 3. Sources said during the more than two-hour-long meeting, farmers remained firm on their stand that nothing short of repealing the three Acts would be acceptable to them while the Central government offered to set up a committee to look at the issues raised by them.
The Central government, according to an official statement, has urged the groups to share their complaints on the three Central Acts by December 2. Then the matter will be taken up for discussion the next day. The farmers have, meanwhile, decided to continue their sit-in at two Delhi borders for the time being and could move to more areas and rope in other groups of agriculturists. The meeting was attended by representatives of more than 30 farmers’ unions, largely from Punjab, while the government side was represented by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Minister Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Commerce Som Prakash. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were not in the meeting. Communist leader Hanan Mollah, Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh President Shiv Kumar Sharma (Kakkaji), and Bhartiya Kisan Union leader (from Haryana) Gurnam Singh Chaduni participated in the meeting.Sources said a section of leaders from different western UP factions of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) later went to the agriculture ministry to further discuss the matter‌Read More