Image Source : PTI/INDIA TV Talks inconclusive as farmers adamant on repeal of legal guidelines, subsequent spherical on Jan 8: Key Points
The seventh spherical of talks between protesting unions and authorities ended inconclusively on Monday because the farmers remained adamant on the repeal of the three contentious farm legal guidelines. The subsequent assembly has been scheduled for January 8. After about one hour of discussions, the 2 sides took a protracted break, throughout which representatives of protesting farmers had their very own meals, organized from langar. Unlike the final spherical of talks on December 30, the ministers didn’t be part of the union leaders for the langar meals and had been seen having their very own dialogue individually throughout the break, which went on for nearly two hours. At 5.15 pm, the 2 sides resumed their discussions, however no breakthrough might be achieved because the talks remained focussed on the farmers’ demand for the repeal of the acts.
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KEY POINTS
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railways, Commerce and Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, who’s an MP from Punjab, held the talks with the representatives of 41 farmer unions on the Vigyan Bhawan.
The assembly started with paying respects to the farmers who misplaced their lives throughout the ongoing protest.
In Monday’s talks, the 2 sides didn’t focus on one other key demand of farmers for a authorized assure to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement system.
During the assembly, the federal government listed numerous advantages from the three legal guidelines. However, farmers caught to their demand of repealing the laws.
During the sixth spherical of talks on December 30, some frequent floor was reached on two calls for — decriminalisation of stubble burning and continuation of energy subsidies.
On Sunday, Tomar met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and mentioned the federal government technique to resolve the present disaster on the earliest. He mentioned with Singh all doable choices to discover a “middle path” to resolve the disaster.
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