The war of words between the BJP and opposition parties intensified on Sunday as the stir by thousands of farmers who are camping on Delhi’s borders braving the harsh winters to press for the repeal of three new central agriculture laws entered the second month.
A day after protesting farmer unions proposed December 29 for the next round of talks but put forth several conditions for the agenda, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary expressed the hope that a solution will be reached in the meeting, even as several BJP leaders decried alleged attempts to politicise the farmer issues.
However, farmer leader and CPI(M) politburo member Hannan Mollah said there has been no response to their proposal for talks and dismissed claims that the Left parties were behind the agitation.
“The government till now said that we did not want a meeting, now that we have specifically told them when, where…