Updated: December 21, 2020 8:59:26 am
Maan claimed that the organization also receives vegetables from Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
With farm unions intensifying protests to press their demand for the repeal of the three farm laws, the government on Sunday invited farm leaders to a new round of talks, urging them to choose a date at their convenience.
In a five-page letter addressed to the president of the state of Krantikari Kisan Union Punjab, Dr. Darshan Pal, Vivek Aggarwal, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, said: “You are requested to share the details regarding to your doubts after talking with previously invited agricultural union leaders and informing the date of punah vaarta (next round of talks) according to your convenience, so that the matter can be resolved by holding a meeting again in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi; so that the current turmoil can end soon. “
The letter, addressed to Pal and copied to 39 other peasant leaders, provides the background to the talks held so far.
Aggarwal’s letter has arrived in reply to Pal December 16 email, through which it had informed the government of the decision of the agricultural unions to reject the Center’s proposal for concessions on changes in agricultural laws.
The latest round of talks between the government and agricultural unions took place on December 8 when Interior Minister Amit Shah met with the 13 representatives of the agricultural unions. One day after this meeting, the Center sent a written proposal for concessions to the protesting agricultural unions, which they rejected in an email to Aggarwal on 16 December.
Since then, there has been speculation about the next round of talks.
In a interview with The Indian ExpressAgriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had said he was ready to send an invitation for the next round of talks to the agricultural unions.
“I am ready to send you an invitation once you revert to the changes proposed by the government,” Tomar had said.
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