Union ministers start 11th round of talks with protesting farmer unions
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The Centre had offered to put on hold the three laws for 12-18 months and also set up a joint committee to find solutions.
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. Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 01:18 PM IST PTI
Ministers are holding the talks with the representatives of 41 farmer unions at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi
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The eleventh round of talks between protesting farmer unions and three central ministers got underway here on Friday to break the nearly two-month-long deadlock on the three new agri laws.
In the last round of meeting held on Wednesday, the government yielded some ground in its bid to end the farmers protest on various border points of the national capital. The Centre had offered to put on hold the three laws for 12-18 months and also set up a joint committee to find solutions.
Earlier, protesting farmer groups rejected the Centre s proposal to suspend the three laws for a period of 18 months, and reiterated that they want nothing but complete withdrawal of all the legislation.
The government s negotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on Friday as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of three farm laws they find pro-corporate and a legal guarantee for MSP, even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months. Unlike the last 10 rounds of talks, the 11th round could not even reach a decision on the next date for the meeting as the government also hardened its position saying it is ready to meet again once the unions agree to discuss the suspension proposal. This followed a big climbdown made by the Centre during the last round when they offered to suspend the laws and form a joint committee to find solutions.
NEW DELHI: The Government’s negotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on Friday as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of three farm laws they find pro-corporate and a legal guarantee for MSP, even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months.
Unlike the last 10 rounds of talks, the 11th round could not even reach a decision on the next date for the meeting as the government also hardened its position saying it is ready to meet again once the unions agree to discuss the suspension proposal. This followed a big climbdown made by the Centre during the last round when they offered to suspend the laws and form a joint committee to find solutions.
Unions Spurn Centre s Offer To Reconsider Proposal To Pause Farm Laws For 18 Months
The last round of talks was conducted on Wednesday in which the government had offered the farmers to stay the implementation of new farm laws for 12-18 months. Suresh K Pandey Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-22T13:53:02+05:30 Unions Spurn Centre s Offer To Reconsider Proposal To Pause Farm Laws For 18 Months outlookindia.com 2021-01-22T16:11:31+05:30
On Friday, the eleventh round of talks was held between the protesting farmer unions and three central ministers to break the nearly two-month-long deadlock and reach a decision on the three new farm laws.