No breakthrough at farmers’ talks with govt.
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Title
No breakthrough at farmers’ talks with govt.
Description
The government team consisted of Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food, Railways and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash. Earlier in the day, Mr. Tomar and Mr. Singh met with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J.P. Nadda to discuss the issue. “The talks were held in a cordial atmosphere, and we listened to the issues of farmers. We are keen to resolve all the issues as soon as possible,” Mr. Tomar told journalists after the meeting. According to farmer leaders, the Central Ministers took a less aggressive tone than during the previous meeting, when the rail blockade of Punjab was still in effect. Farmer leaders took the offensive by warning of dire consequences if the protest stretched on. Once the rabi sowing season got over, the number of farmers at the dharna site would increase manifold, said RKM leader Shivkumar Kakkaji Sharma. “Farmers’ policies cannot be framed while sitting in rooms in Delhi,” he told Central Ministers during the meeting. Later in the evening, the Central Ministers also met with representatives from the BKU-Tikait group, who are protesting separately by blocking highways in western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Uttarakhand.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2020-12-02
Coverage
December 02 2020 00:00 IST