Farmers Protest: Farmers from Punjab and khaps from Haryana are making their way to national capital.
New Delhi:
The government on Tuesday suggested setting up a committee to look into issues raised by farmers protesting against new farm laws, but it was rejected by representatives of 35 agitating organisations during their marathon meeting with three union ministers that ended without any resolution.
The meeting at Vigyan Bhawan remained inconclusive and the government has called for another round of discussions on Thursday, December 3, union leaders said.
Government officials said the dialogue would continue and the next round of talks has been scheduled for Thursday.
More farmers from Punjab and khaps from Haryana are making their way to the national capital, demanding that the laws be repealed. The farmers have said they will continue the protest if their demands are not accepted.
Here are the live updates of the farmers’ protest:
Delhi: Protesting farmers try to remove barricading placed at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border pic.twitter.com/KWJpEfCVXJ
– ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2020
The farmers’ representatives have turned down the Centre’s second pitch for a committee to discuss the contentious farm laws, protests against which are intensifying by the day. “Now is not the time for a committee,” sources quoted farmers’ representatives as saying at the meeting with three central ministers this evening. A second meeting will be held on December 3.
