Meeting between Union authorities and farmer leaders over three farm legal guidelines is underway at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on Wednesday.
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal additionally arrived at Vigyan Bhawan to carry talks with farmer leaders. The delegation of farmers from a number of states, who’ve been protesting on the borders of the nationwide capital for over a month, maintained that they wished the farm legal guidelines taken again.
“Our stand is clear that the three farm laws should be taken back,” mentioned a farmer chief earlier than making his strategy to the assembly.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait was additionally seen heading to the assembly from the Ghazipur border (UP-Delhi border). Tikait had earlier hit out on the opposition saying the opposition was weak and will not be supporting the trigger as they need to.
“This is the reason farmers have had to come on the roads. The government doesn’t fear them. They should sit in pitched tents and stage protests on roads against the farm laws,” Tikait mentioned.
Earlier within the day, Union Minister Som Prakash mentioned that the federal government would go into the assembly with an open coronary heart and thoughts and would attempt to resolve the problem so that individuals can return to their properties for New Year. Farmers have been protesting at completely different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 towards the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines – Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
