Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government was ready for talks with the farmers protesting against the three agricultural laws, PTI reported. She said that discussions were the only way forward.
“We can understand why farmers are sitting at the border,” Sitharaman said in a reply to a query during her 2021 Union Budget speech. “If any farmer has any question, Agriculture Minister [Narendra Singh Tomar] has never denied opportunities for talk.”
She said that Tomar has held several rounds of discussions with the farmers and asked them to come up with clause by clause suggestions on all the three legislations. “Therefore, I think, discussion is the only solution,” Sitharaman said. “The government is open for discussion.” She also pointed out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the offer to suspend farm laws for 1.5 years was still on the table.
Meanwhile, Tomar said the government was committed to working in the interest of…