The letter outlined details of amendments to which the Centre had already agreed, including assurance on purchase of crops at the MSP, not diluting the APMC, registration of dealers, levying taxes on purchasers in private mandis and not allowing anyone to deal in food grains only on a PAN card as earlier announced. The letter included all details of previous dates on which meetings were held.
“The government has consistently been trying to discuss all concerns of farmers with an open mind. Besides discussing these issues with protesting farmers’ unions, the Centre has also kept its door open to discuss the issues (concerning farm laws) with other farmer organisations as well… The government has also been trying to talk to protesting farmer representatives individually,” Aggarwal said in his letter. His letter was in response to Pal’s December 16 email informing him of the unions’ decision rejecting the Centre’s December 9 proposals on amending farm laws and clarifying