The farmers’ protest against the three new farm laws entered sixth day on Tuesday, with the Centre conducting talks with farmers’ leaders at Vigyan Bhawan, with another round of talks being scheduled for December 3.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal held the meeting with the 35-membered team of farmers’ leaders at Vigyan Bhawan to discuss issues on the farm law on Tuesday. The Government gave a detailed presentation to the farmers’ leaders in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act.
Following the meeting, Prem Singh Bhangu, President, All India Kisan Federation, called the talks with the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, ‘good’, and added, “some progress was made. During our next meet on 3rd Dec with govt, we’ll convince them that no clause of Farm law is pro-farmer. Our agitation will continue.”

After the meeting, Union Agriculture Minister Tomar said, “the meeting was good and we have decided that the talks will be held on 3rd December. We wanted a small group to be constituted but farmers’ leaders wanted that the talks should be held with everyone, we do not have a problem with it,” as per ANI.

Tomar also urged farmers to stop protesting and ‘come for talks.” The Union Minister, who introduced the three farms bills in the parliament, said, “The meeting was good and we have decided that the talks will be held on 3rd December. We wanted a small group to be constituted but farmers’ leaders wanted that the talks should be held with everyone, we do not have a problem with it,” as per an ANI.