The decision was made at a meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a body that brings together 40 farmers’ unions protesting at various border points in Delhi against the three laws.
Earlier this week, the government had sent a letter to the farmers and urged them to propose a date and time for the next round of talks.
In the letter, the deputy secretary at the ministry of agriculture and the well-being of farmers Vivek Aggarwal asked farmers to provide details of all other topics they wanted to discuss.
Responding to the invitation, the farmers said today that they are always ready for discussions with an open heart and set a four-point agenda for the meeting.
In a press conference, peasant leaders made it clear that the modalities for the repeal of three agricultural laws and a guarantee for MSP – the minimum price of support at which the government purchases crops from farmers – should be part of the agenda to resume talks with the government.
At the press conference, farmer leader Darshan Pal said that it was also decided that farmers will hold a tractor march on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) highway on December 30 in protest against the Center’s agricultural laws.
“We call on the people of Delhi and other parts of the country to come and celebrate the New Year with protesting farmers,” Pal said.
Another farmer leader, Rajinder Singh, said: “We will march from Singhu to Tikri and KMP. We ask farmers from neighboring states to come in large numbers in their cars and tractors. If the government does not want us to block the KMP highway, then they’d better announce the repeal of the three agricultural laws. ”
The previous five rounds of talks between the government and the unions failed to break the deadlock with farmers by insisting on the repeal of all three laws.
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