The eighth round of talks on the three new agriculture laws between Centre and farmer bodies on Friday ended in yet another stalemate as the two sides could not reach a resolution on the contentious matters. The next meeting will be held on January 15, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
“We will come on 15th again,” Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait told ANI. “The government wanted to talk about amendments. We do not wish to have clause wise discussions. We simply want a repeal of the new farm laws.”
Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Tomar said that a decision could not be reached as the farmers did not provide any option other than scrapping of the laws, ANI reported.
Friday’s meeting did not lead to much headway as the farmers stuck to their demand of repealing the laws, and the Centre deciding against it, according to PTI. Farmer leaders said that their “ghar wapsi” [going back home] from protest sites on Delhi borders can…
