On Thursday, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will meet Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence amid protests over the new agricultural laws. The meeting will be preceded by a fourth round of talks between the Center and farmers’ organizations. In such a situation, this meeting is considered very important. According to sources, the Captain will hold discussions with Shah in Delhi this morning and try to resolve the deadlock. The Chief Minister of Punjab and the Congress party are supporting the farmers’ protest and have passed several bills in the state assembly aimed at ignoring the agriculture law of the Center. He had said that he and his government were willing to mediate negotiations between the Center and the farmers in the collective interest.
Most of the protesting farmers are from Punjab. Have been protesting on the borders of Delhi for seven days. Farmers are adamant on demanding the repeal of agricultural laws. A meeting between the farmer leaders and the central government on Tuesday was inconclusive. Farmer unions say the new law will end the Minimum Support Price (MSP), but the government says the system will continue and the law will give farmers more options to sell their crops.
Three rounds of talks have been held so far
Till now three rounds of talks have been held between the farmers’ organizations and the Center regarding the new agricultural laws. No results have been made. In such a situation, all eyes are on the fourth tour meeting to be held today. During the talks on Tuesday, the proposal of the government to set up a joint committee was rejected by the farmer leaders. He said that the movement would be continued till any outcome of the talks came. During this, talks between the farmers associations and the government were held for about four hours.
