Farmers protesting against the agricultural laws on Thursday said the government’s latest offer of talks to breakthrough the deadlock is a ...
Farmers protesting against the agricultural laws on Thursday said the government’s latest offer of talks to breakthrough the deadlock is a propaganda against them to create an impression that they are not interested in negotiations, PTI reported. This came hours after the Narendra Modi government again wrote to them, extending an invitation for talks and reiterated its commitment to a logical solution to all the concerns raised by the farmer groups.
The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions, is likely to hold a meeting on Friday to discuss the government’s three-page letter and respond to it formally. Farmers, however, said they are not interested in continuing the dialogue unless the Centre is willing to withdraw the three controversial pieces of legislation.
The union said their demands, which includes a legal guarantee for minimum support price system, cannot be considered individually or be separated from the repeal of farm laws.
“The government is not serious about our demands and they are writing letters every day,” Sanyukt Kisan Morcha leader Shiv Kumar Kakka told PTI. “The new letter is nothing but a propaganda being created by the government against us to give an impression that we are not interested in holding talks. The government should...
