So far, the previous talks have not reached any conclusion since the protesting farmers have continued to call for a complete repeal of the new agriculture laws and the government has not yet agreed to their demands. The ninth round of talks between the Centre and the farmers’ unions over the three contentious agriculture laws concluded on Friday, 15 January, with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar saying they were not decisive.
Separately, the Supreme Court on Monday, 18 January, adjourned the Centre’s petition filed through the Delhi Police – seeking an injunction on the farmers’ tractor rally that is scheduled for Republic Day – to Wednesday. The court indicated that entry into Delhi is a law and order issue, which they cannot address. The Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde, added that the court’s intervention on this aspect appears to be misunderstood.
The ‘Republic Day tractor rally’ planned by the agitating farmers, in protest of the three…