8.08 am: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot says the Narendra Modi government should reconsider the three farm laws, reports the Hindu...
8.08 am: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot says the Narendra Modi government should reconsider the three farm laws, reports the Hindustan Times.
“In these difficult times, the Annadata [providers] are making positive contributions to the economy and they should not be given such a reward,” Gehlot says in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The farmers have irrigated the land of the country with their blood and sweat. The central government should immediately resolve their problems by listening to their demands.”
8 am: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asks the Centre to immediately and unconditionally hold talks with farmers, reports PTI.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh also says that Home Minister Amit Shah should first resolve the matter by listening to farmers’ demands. “We welcome the farmers to Delhi, we will fight shoulder to shoulder with them,” says Singh.
7.57 am: The Bharaitya Janata Party, which has been facing intense pressure from farmers’ organisations, on Sunday night convened a meeting to resolve the deadlock, reports the Hindustan Times. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Defence Minister Rajnath Rajnath Singh attended the meeting.
7.55 am: Visuals of farmers gathered at the Delhi-Haryana border for the fifth consecutive day.
Farmers stay put at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) as their protest against the Central Government's Farm laws...
