Farmers Movement Archive

Punjab BJP leaders meet top brass

BATHINDA: Punjab BJP leaders are reaching out to key leaders in the Union government ahead of the next round of talks, scheduled for January 8, on central agriculture marketing laws. A day after meeting PM Narendra Modi, Punjab BJP leaders Sujit Kumar Jyani and Harjit Singh Grewal on Wednesday late night met defence minister Rajnath Singh. Former Union minister Vijay Sampla also attended that meeting. Both Jyani and Grewal are expected to meet home minister Amit Shah late in the evening. “As the Union government is very serious about finding a solution to this impasse, we are working to find any workable solution and for it we had met the worthy PM and Rajnath on Wednesday night. Now we are going to meet the home minister. Right from the PM to other senior most ministers, all are for helping the farmers and want us to prevail upon them (farmers) but the certain forces, including political parties and ultra left forces, are coming in the way of the solution. The government is ready to bring any number of amendments in the laws as per the demands of farm leaders but they are adamant on repeal, which is not right. Despite all this, we are trying our best to reach to some solution,” said Jyani said. Sampla said, “Though I had gone to Rajnath for some other thing, as Jayani and Grewal were going to meet the defence minister, we met him together and discussed the farm laws. The ministers are very serious (about finding a solution), but problem is from the farm leaders’ end. Despite government’s readiness to go to any length to solve the issue, the farm leaders are adamant on repeal of laws.”

The Times of India

2021-01-08

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