The next round of talks between farmers union leaders and the Centre will talk place today. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday (January 1) said that the next meeting will take place in a cordial atmosphere.
Tikait had said that the direction of the ongoing farmers’ protest will be decided after talks with Centre. He asserted that the farmers will not call off the protest until the government decides to repeal the three new farm laws.
The sixth round of talks between the Central government and farmer unions on Wednesday (December 30) ended on a positive note, according to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Tomar had said after the meeting that farmers union leaders have agreed to continue the talks.
During the last round of talks between the two sides, the Centre had also offered to set up a committee on better implementation of the MSP procurement system and also put on hold proposed laws on electricity charges and stubble burning penal…