Farmers threaten to carry tractor rally on Jan 6 if talks on farm legal guidelines fail

Image Source : PTI Farmers block the NH 48 throughout their protest towards Centres farm reform legal guidelines, in Rewari.
Farmers’ organisations beneath the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, after a gathering at Singhu border, on Friday mentioned that if the talks with the federal government on January 4 fail then they’ll intensify the protest and maintain a tractor rally on January 6.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) General Secretary Harinder Singh Lakhowal instructed IANS, “The subjects of the subsequent spherical of talks with the federal government had been mentioned within the assembly.

The authorities has agreed to our two calls for, however two necessary calls for are but to be mentioned on January 4. If these two calls for will not be negotiated through the talks with the federal government, then a tractor rally will likely be taken out on January 6.”

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Friday marked the thirty seventh day of the farmers’ protest towards the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Production and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020.

The farmers are demanding withdrawal of all of the three legal guidelines, whereas the federal government has agreed to amend the legal guidelines as per the options of the farmers. The farmers will likely be taking over the problem through the sixth spherical of talks with the federal government.

The leaders of the farmers’ organisations additionally held talks on 4 points with the federal government on Wednesday, of which the federal government has accepted two calls for whereas the opposite two, withdrawal of the three legal guidelines and authorized assure for minimal assist value (MSP), are nonetheless to be addressed.

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