Farmer union leaders today wrote to the government and proposed that the talks be held on December 29. The leaders also said that repealing the three laws should be on top of the agenda.
Accepting the centre’s offer of talks to end the deadlock over the three contentious agriculture laws passed earlier this year, the farmer union leaders today wrote to the government and proposed that the talks be held on December 29. The leaders also said that repealing the three laws should be on top of the agenda.
In a meeting that began a little after 3 PM today at Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana, the decision was taken by farmer unions to propose to the government that the talks be held at 11 AM on Tuesday in a letter.
“You, in your letter, say the government wants to listen to farmers respectfully. If you really want that then stop making misleading remarks regarding our demands and stop using the entire government system to spread negative publicity against the protesting farmers,” the letter read.
However, the farmer unions have suggested the agenda for talks-
- Modalities to be adopted for the repeal of the three central farm acts.
- Mechanisms to be adopted to make remunerative MSP recommended by the National Farmers’ Commission into a legally guaranteed entitlement for all farmers and all agricultural commodities.
- Amendments to be made and notified in the “Commission for the Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020” to exclude farmers from the penal provisions of the Ordinance.
- Changes to be made in the draft Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 to protect the interests of farmers.
The farmers’ unions also asked the centre to not distort the “true facts about the deliberations in the previous meetings.”
Darshan Pal, the President of Krantikari Kisan Union said that on 30 December, the farmers will organise a tractor march on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal highway from Singhu border.
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