With the Center inviting them to a new round of talks on Tuesday and Union Interior Minister Amit Shah likely to attend the meeting, Punjab farmer leaders gathered in Singhu on the Haryana-Delhi border to build consensus on problems and oppose adoption. .
“The Center has had two meetings with you (agricultural organizations) to solve problems of farmers. In the same chronology, we invited them to a meeting with a group of high-level ministers at 3 pm on December 1 ”, said the last invitation from agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal that was received on Monday night.
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The agricultural leaders will ask the cabinet ministers meeting with them to convene agricultural unions across the country for talks. They want a decision to be made with farmers across the country in mind, not a particular state.
In response to the invitation, Bharti Kisan (Dakounda) Union Secretary General Jagmohan Singh said that agricultural organizations are expected to attend the meeting and seek a common decision for farmers across the country.
“A Punjab-specific package or offer is not acceptable,” he said.
Punjab farmers’ organizations are leading the agitation opposing new farm laws passed in Parliament that liberalize agriculture and have reached Delhi’s borders since November 27, seeking the repeal of the laws they say , are of no interest to farmers.
The Center, however, says the new laws will lead to reforms in the agricultural sector.
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