The talks between the leaders of over 30 agitating organisations and the Central Government remained inconclusive after the farmers turned down the govt’s offer to set up a committee to look into the issues. The next round of talks will be held on December 3.
"Now is not the time for a committee," farmers' representatives responded to the government which had suggested the formation of a committee, asking farmers to put down the names of their representatives who would be part of it.
"You give names of 4-5 people from your organizations & constitute a committee in which there'll be representatives from govt as well as agricultural experts to discuss new agricultural laws", says Government.
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2020
Meeting with farmers' leaders underway at Vigyan Bhawan.
During the meeting with Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan, farmers’ representatives said their demand for the repeal of the three farm laws was ‘non-negotiable’. "We do not accept the government's proposal to set up a special committee. We demand that the government cancel the laws related to agrarian reform. We are not going to back down even if the government uses force. Our protest will continue," Roop Singh, a leader of key farmers' organisation Bhartiya Kisan Union said.
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