Farmers’ protest: There will be no meeting between the farmers and the government today.
New Delhi:
Union Interior Minister Amit Shah’s late-night talks with farmers ended in failure when farmer leaders rejected the government’s offer to amend new farm laws, saying they would settle for nothing less than the removal of the statutes.
The meeting came on a day when a “Bharat Bandh”, observed by farmers to pressure their demand, affected life in some states.
Amit Shah’s efforts, a day before the sixth round of talks scheduled between the government and farmers’ unions, aimed to end the protests on the Delhi borders that have been going on for 12 days.
Today’s big meeting with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the sixth since the protests began, has been canceled.
“There will be no meeting between the farmers and the government tomorrow (Wednesday). The minister has said that a proposal will be delivered to the farmer leaders tomorrow (Wednesday). The farmer leaders will hold a meeting to discuss the proposal,” Hannan Mollah said. , General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha, told reporters after Tuesday’s meeting.
Here are the live updates on the farmers’ protests:
With the farmers firm in their demand for the repeal of the three agricultural laws passed by the Center in the last monsoon session of Parliament, their protest entered on Wednesday the 14th with demonstrations that continued in the Sant Nirankari Samagam field in Burari on the outskirts of Delhi and on the borders.
Earlier on Tuesday, the leaders of the farmers’ unions met with the Union Minister of the Interior, Amit Shah, the Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar, and the Minister of Commerce, Piyush Goyal, at Shah’s residence, on their demands regarding the three farm laws that were passed in early September.
After the meeting, All India Kisan Sabha Secretary General Hannan Mollah had told the media that the meeting with the Center, which was scheduled for today, was canceled and they will receive a proposal from the government on which they will deliberate.
“There will be no meeting between farmers and the government tomorrow. The minister has said that tomorrow (December 9) a proposal will be delivered to the farmer leaders. The farmer leaders will hold a meeting on the government’s proposal,” Mollah said. he told the media on Tuesday.
Congressional leader Digvijaya Singh said on Wednesday that he has no hope from President Ram Nath Kovind ahead of his meeting with a joint delegation of opposition parties to be held on Wednesday regarding the recently enacted central farm laws.
“A delegation of 24 political parties will meet with the president today regarding the anti-peasant laws. I have no hope of his majesty. These 24 political parties should also discuss with all groups under the NDA that are with the Nitishji should pressure Modiji, “Singh tweeted (roughly translated from Hindi).
Describing the meeting with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday night as “ positive, ” Rakesh Tikait, spokesman for the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) said on Wednesday that the government would hand over a draft to agricultural leaders today, which would be discussed by the rest of the group.
“I would say that the meeting was positive. The government has taken notice of our demands and will give us a draft tomorrow, on which we will deliberate,” Tikait said after yesterday’s meeting.
However, he went on to claim that farmers wanted the complete withdrawal of the three farm laws, while the government wanted to make amendments.
“We have not yet received a date for another meeting. The protest will continue,” he added.
Only 10 percent of the country’s farmers are involved in the ongoing farmers’ protest, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Secretary General Kailash Vijayvargiya said Tuesday, adding that Canada’s support for the unrest should be questioned. and understood.
“I think around 90 percent of farmers are staying away from this protest. Only 10 percent are involved. It is alarming that countries like Canada support the protest. One should delve into why they support it and who is doing politics.” . on behalf of our farmers, “said Mr. Vijayvargiya.
This comes a few days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke out twice in support of the farmers’ agitation, saying he will “always defend the right to peaceful protests.” Farmers from the Singhu (Delhi-Haryana) border entered their 11th day of protest on Tuesday against three laws passed by the Center in September.
Union Interior Minister Amit Shah’s meeting with protesting farmers on Tuesday night, signaling the involvement of the highest level of government to resolve the deadlock over controversial farm laws, failed and both sides were they stood firm in their positions.
The farmers refused to accept the government’s offer to amend the laws, responding to their demand for a complete scrapping. Today’s big meeting with Agriculture Minister Naresh Tomar, the sixth since the protests began, has been canceled.
The sources said that farmers’ unions received a presentation on the bills on Tuesday and that a proposal will be sent to agricultural leaders today with written amendments that the government intends to carry out.
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