The Centre and protesting farmer unions will resume talks on Wednesday with the latter sticking to their position that the discussion can only be on a four-point agenda including modalities of repealing the laws and providing a legal guarantee on the Minimum Support Price.
Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met senior BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah.
As per reports, they discussed and finalised the government’s position for the meeting.
This is the sixth round of talks after a three-week hiatus. Union minister Som Prakash said, “Today’s meeting with farmers will be decisive. We want them to celebrate New Year at their homes, with their family and we are going into the meeting with an open heart and mind. The government will try to resolve the issue so that people can go back to their homes.”
Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reaffirmed that the Centre has no intention of scrapping the minimum support price (MSP) regime.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organization which represents the farmer unions, said the modalities for repealing the three contentious laws and a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) must be part of the agenda.
