Two central ministers to hold talks with farmers
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Two central ministers to hold talks with farmers
Description
NEW DELHI: A month after holding unsuccessful talks with protesting farmers at the bureaucratic level, the Centre has decided to send Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal to hold discussions with them over the new farm laws on Friday. Representatives of as many as 30 farmers’ unions may attend the meeting where agriculture minister Tomar and railway minister Goyal may ask them to allow rail services in Punjab. The meeting will be held in the backdrop of the protesting farmers’ plan to march towards Delhi on November 26-27, demanding repeal of the central laws. The Centre has, however, denied them permission. Representatives of farmers’ organisations had on October 14 walked out from a meeting, chaired by Union agriculture secretary, citing the Union minister’s absence.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-11-13
Coverage
India