Govt for resuming talks solely after farm unions agree to supply

With farmer unions on the backfoot following the violence through the tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day, official sources indicated that the federal government now desires to renew the talks solely after seeing that its gives are accepted.
There have been casual talks with farm union leaders, with the federal government’s representatives flagging the variations amongst them.
“The government has got the upper hand in the negotiation table now. We are pointing out that farm union leaders who have been engaging in talks with us have lost control over the agitators, and they should use this opportunity as a graceful exit and agree to the offers the government has made,” a supply within the authorities stated.
Sources within the authorities really feel that farmers’ leaders, who’re protesting towards the three legal guidelines, have misplaced “moral authority” within the wake of violent protests within the nationwide capital on Republic Day. “The government has already given them (farmer leaders) a better proposal, but they did not accept it. They lost a good opportunity…. They have (now) lost the moral authority. Now, we have to see whether they accept that offer or they come with a counter proposal,” a supply stated when requested about the potential for resumption of talks between the Centre and representatives of farmers’ unions.
While farmers have caught to their demand for repeal of the legal guidelines, the federal government, which initially took a tricky stand, on January 20 agreed that it might droop the three legal guidelines for 18 months and arrange a joint committee to debate the legal guidelines intimately. The farmers rejected that provide and determined to proceed the protests.
However, after Tuesday’s tractor rally turned violent within the nationwide capital, one of many organisations a part of the agitation, Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan, introduced that it was withdrawing from the continuing agitation.
Sources indicated that the ruling dispensation expects extra unions to maneuver away from the agitation. “Now what we are looking forward to seeing is how many more would agree to the offers the government has made,” the supply stated.
BJP leaders indicated that the celebration would unleash a marketing campaign to “expose the differences among farmer unions”. Its spokespersons, who have been refined of their stance on the problem, have already began toeing an aggressive line of their tv debates.
“It was like a closed fist; now it’s open and the farmer unions have got exposed,” a BJP chief stated. “The so-called leaders do not have any control over them. Even if the government held discussions, what assurance can they (unions) give in making everyone agree to it? So, the government will have discussions only if it is sure that the stand-off is over.”
The BJP chief additionally stated the federal government would “naturally cash in on the Catch-22 situation the farm union leaders have got (themselves) in.”
However, celebration leaders admitted that the federal government’s concern over farm sector reforms nonetheless stays. “We may break the agitation and resolve the issue, but when the laws are in suspension our concerns over the agriculture sector remains,” a celebration chief stated. “The farmers in some states (Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh) have stalled the reforms regardless of the bulk we’ve got (in Parliament).