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- Published: December 30, 2020 20:15
New Delhi: The sixth round of meeting between farmer leaders and the government has concluded with partial breakthrough in the deadlock.
After meeting with farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that two sides reached agreement on two issues relating to proposed electricity law and stubble burning.
“Talks were held in cordial atmosphere. Mutual agreement reached on two out of four issues on agenda,” Tomar said.
Issues related to stubble burning & electricity were sorted in today’s meeting. 2 of our main issues still need to be resolved. We’ll discuss topics related to MSP & repealing of 3 Farm laws in the next meeting on 4th Jan: Rakesh Tikait, Spokesperson, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) pic.twitter.com/NHV66H5BBe
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2020
सरकार ने बिजली के प्रस्तावित बिल को वापिस ले लिया है। पराली के मामले में सरकार ने अध्यादेश जारी किया था, उसे भी वापिस ले लिया है। MSP और कृषि क़ानूनों पर 4 तारीख को बात होगी: बलकरण सिंह बराड़, ऑल इंडिया किसान सभा पंजाब #FarmersProtests pic.twitter.com/nXNxSRAc8y
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) December 30, 2020
On issues of legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) and revocation of farm laws, the farmer unions remain unmoved and are insistent on this demand.
The next meeting will take place on January 4. Tomar also said that discussions on three farm laws, MSP guarantee will continue in next round of talks.
Govt has been saying that MSP will continue. We are ready to give this in writing. But farmers’ unions feel MSP should get legal status. So the discussion will continue on the legal aspect of MSP & other issues on Jan 4 at 2 pm: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar https://t.co/BoRiBMaoxw
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2020