INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: A day before the next round of talks, protesting farmers' unions took a hard stand and wrote to the Centre tightly ring-fencing
the discussion scheduled to take place on Wednesday
In their letter to the government on Tuesday, the farmers unions wrote that the discussion will only be on the modalities of repealing the
three farm legislations, giving a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price, and on two other issues they proposed earlier this week.The
effected to get farmers excluded from the penal provisions of the Commission for the Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and
Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020.The farmer unions have deferred till Thursday their proposed tractor march against the three agriculture
laws, so that the rally does not clash with their talks with the government
Earlier this week, the farmer leaders had announced a tractor march from the Singhu and Tikri borders to the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP)
A meeting was held on Monday, following which the Centre invited representatives of 40 protesting farmers' unions for the next round of
talks.Maintaining that the government is always ready to talk to the farmers with an open mind, agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal
So far, the Centre has stuck to its stand of not repealing the new farm laws
But it has been open to suggestions that will help break the deadlock with the protesting farmers, including tweaking the laws or even
