The Supreme Court-appointed committee to resolve the deadlock between the Centre and the protesting farm unions is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Tuesday. Only members will meet in New Delhi to “discuss the terms of reference and decide the future course of action”, said Anil Ghanwat, who is one of the committee members.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ghanwat said the biggest challenge before the panel would be to convince the protesting farmers to “speak to us and share”.
Meanwhile, the Centre on Monday postponed the tenth round of talks on the new agriculture laws with farmer unions to January 20. The meeting was earlier scheduled to take place at 12 pm on Tuesday at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan.
Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out on the outskirts of Delhi for nearly two months. Nine rounds of talks between the government and farmers’ groups have failed to resolve the deadlock. Farmers’ around-the-clock sit-ins in cold weather have already led to some deaths…