Day 56 of protest: Centre, farmers to hold 10th round of talks

Even as the protest by farmers on the Delhi borders continued for the 56th day on Wednesday leaders of farmers were slated to hold the 10th round of talks with the Centre on their unfulfilled demands here in the afternoonThe farmers are sticking to their demand for the repeal of three new central farm laws and a legal guarantee for the procurement of crops at Minimum Support Price MSP whereas the Union government is ready to bring about amendments in these lawsOver 40 representatives of farmer organisations present in the previous rounds of talks would meet with three Union Ministers at 2 pm at the Vigyan Bhavan here The meeting was earlier scheduled to be held on January 19 but was postponed by a dayPunjab farmer leader Kirpa Singh said that farmer leaders would first like to deliberate on their core demand for the repeal of the three laws during the latest talksPunjabbased farmer leader and Bhartiya Kisan Union Lakhowal General Secretary Harinder Singh Lakhowal said In the previous talks we urged the Union government to discuss the MSP issue We will again discuss it in this meeting as wellHe also said that the issue of harassment of those supporting the farmers agitation by the National Investigation Agency would again be brought up in Wednesdays meetingAs for differences between farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni and Shiv Kumar Sharma Kakaji Harinder Singh said that the two had buried the hatchet and stand unitedHe asserted that all farmer unions and others spearheading the farmers movement were united and would continue the agitation till their demands were not acceptedAs for Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomars remark that the farmer unions should discuss the new farm laws clausewise farmer leaders said that much discussion has been done on this issue for many days and they would rather like to discuss their core demand on repeal of the lawsThe farmers are demanding the repeal of The 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 and a law on procurement of crops at MSPThe farmers have been sitting on Delhis borders since November 26 2020This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever