Will Consider Any Proposal Apart From Repeal Of Farm Laws: Agriculture Minister Will Consider Any Proposal Apart From Repeal Of Farm Laws: Agriculture Minister The minister also denied giving any proposal to Punjab s Nanaksar Gurudwara head Baba Lakha, a renowned religious leader of the state, for ending the stalemate. The reforms taken now are just the beginning, Narendra Singh Tomar said. (File)
New Delhi:
A day before the crucial talks between the Centre and the protesting farmer unions, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said the government is ready to consider any proposal other than repeal of three farm laws, the key demand of the farmers.
Farmers agitating against new agri laws take out tractor march PTI
Updated Jan 8, 2021, 4:12 am IST
These marches were a rehearsal for their proposed Jan 26 Kisan parade to the national capital from different parts of Haryana, Punjab and UP
Farmers, with more than 5,000 tractors and other vehicles, have again showed to the world that they are united, focused, tireless, and firm in their resolve. (Photo: AP)
New Delhi: On the eve of another round of talks with the government, thousands of farmers on Thursday took out tractor marches from protest sites of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders and Haryana s Rewasan as the agitating unions asserted they would not accept the Centre s offer of amendments to the three farm laws.
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Union Minister Narendra Tomar has sid this ahead of talks with farmers
New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial talks between the Centre and the protesting farmer unions, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the government is ready to consider any proposal other than the repeal of three farm laws - the key demand of the farmers.
Tomar, who is leading the negotiations along with Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, said he cannot say right now what would be the outcome of the January 8 meeting with 40 protesting farmer union leaders, to be held at the Vighyan Bhavan at 2 PM.
As both sides looked for a resolution to the over one-month-long deadlock, rumours about some states being allowed to opt out of the central laws started doing the rounds, but the agitating unions said they had not received any such proposal from the government.
India News: The eighth round of talks between protesting farmer unions and the government is scheduled to be held on Friday afternoon as both sides look for a res