Farmers can ask what they want besides withdrawal of farm laws, says Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said the farmers can "tell government what they want besides withdrawal of the farm laws".
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar (Photo: PTI)
The government on Sunday stood by it's stand that it will not repeal the new farm laws and urged the protesting farmers to hold a clause-by-clause discussion on the agricultural reform in the next round of meeting January 19.
This comes after the government and protesting farmers on Friday held ninth round of talks on the farm laws but could not reach a decisive stage and later agreed to meet on January 19. The government had then asked farmer unions to form an informal group among themselves and prepare concrete proposals that will be taken up for discussion in the next meeting. The Supreme Court on January 12 had stayed the implementation of the farm laws till further orders and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the impasse.