Farmers’ unions said on Saturday that protesting farmers, who had been camping at border points near Delhi and neighboring states, would enter the national capital on Republic Day (January 26) and hold a tractor march if their demands for the repeal of agricultural laws. and ensuring a legal guarantee of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) are not accepted. In addition, union representatives said that a two-week national campaign called “Desh Jagriti Abhiyan” will take place across the country from January 6 to 20.
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The seventh round of talks between the farmers’ unions and the central government will take place on Monday. Earlier, the Union’s Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture, Kailash Choudhary, said he was confident that this meeting would bring out a solution and also conclude the ongoing uproar. He noted that the laws were in favor of farmers, adding that there should be no confusion about PEM. “The prime minister himself said many times that the provision of crop sales in MSP will continue,” said the minister. So far, six rounds of talks have been held between the farmers’ unions and the Center. The first five meetings were inconclusive. However, during the sixth round of meetings that took place on December 30, the Center addressed only two of the four issues raised by farmers and the main demand for repeal of agricultural laws, presented by parliament in September, was left without an answer.
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Meanwhile, Congressional Leader Priyanka Gandhi attacked the Center once again saying it was not listening to the legitimate demands of farmers, which has been going on for more than a month. Citing media reports, he wrote on Twitter: “Reports of the deaths of farmers sitting on the borders of Delhi in this cold weather are disturbing. According to various media reports, about 57 farmers have lost their lives and hundreds have fallen ill. The Central Government is acting insensitively by not listening to the legitimate demands of the peasants that have been carried out for more than a month ”.
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Farmers continue sit-in protests amid harsh weather conditions
Farmers camping at the border points near Delhi continued to protest against the Center’s agricultural laws amid freezing temperatures and rains in the national capital.
Rajasthan Congress leaders to protest against agricultural laws
Several Rajasthan Congressional leaders, including Prime Minister Ashok Gehlot, the party’s state unit chairman Govind Singh Dotasara, and former Senior Deputy Minister Sachin Pilot, will hold a protest at the Shaheed Smarak in the capital city of Jaipur, demanding the elimination of the new agricultural laws.
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