Farmers open to talk with govt; meeting in Chandigarh tomorrow
A meeting between the farmer leaders and the central ministers will be held in Chandigarh on Thursday.
A meeting between the farmer leaders and the central ministers will be held in Chandigarh on Thursday.
A US Embassy spokesperson said, “We recognize that peaceful protests are a hallmark of any thriving democracy, and note that the Indian Supreme Court has stated the same. We encourage that any differences between the parties be resolved through dialogue.”
The police have strengthened security at the Ghazipur border protest site by setting up barbed wire fences, barricades and spikes on the road and have dug up trenches to stop the farmers from entering the national capital. The measures have been put in place after the tractor rally violence that took place on the Republic Day.
The government has said that the hashtag is a ‘motivated campaign to abuse, inflame and create tension in society on unsubstantiated grounds. Incitement to genocide is not freedom of speech; It is threat to law and order.’
The discussion will take place in the Rajya Sabha where the Question Hour has been suspended for two days after the Opposition party leaders staged a walkout over farm laws.
AAP members at the meeting had walked out in protest against the CMs refusal to accept their senseless and patently illegal demand for deployment of Punjab Police personnel to provide security to the states farmers agitating at Delhi borders.
The ninth round of talks was held days after the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the three farm laws ‘until further notice’. The next round of talks scheduled for January 19 which is the day when the court appointed committee was also likely to start the negotiations to end the deadlock.
The government addressed a letter to the 40 representatives of farmers union, a day after farmer unions said they are open to talks if a more concrete proposal is made. Vivek Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has urged the farmers to decide a date and time and to ‘give details of other issues on which you want to negotiate.’
Amid their continuing war of words, Punjab CM again alleges that his Delhi counterpart has backed farmers' stir against the Centre's agri laws to draw political mileage in Punjab ahead of Assembly polls
The relay hinger strike is the third major national event by the farmers after the nationwide strike earlier this month which was supported by opposition parties and trade unions, and last week's hunger strike by farmer leaders.
