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Amit Shah's meet with farmers inconclusive; Centre to make proposals today

The govt has again assured farmers that MSP would be maintained, but incorporating it as part of the Acts seems clearly out of the question

Activists of various farmers organisations blocked National Highway 37 during a protest in support of 'Bharat Bandh' called by agitating farmers to press for repeal of the Centre's farm reform laws, at Rangamati in Golaghat on Tuesday.
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Activists of various farmers organisations blocked National Highway 37 during a protest in support of 'Bharat Bandh' called by agitating farmers to press for repeal of the Centre's farm reform laws, at Rangamati in Golaghat on Tuesday.

Sanjeeb MukherjeeAgencies New Delhi
The central government has assured the agitating farmers that it will incorporate the issues raised by them and come up with concrete proposals to amend the three farm Acts on Wednesday.

Addressing a group of reporters after agitating farmers’ meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Hannah Mollah, the general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha, said the central government had said it would come up with a set of amendments to the contentious farm laws for farmer groups to consider. After that, another round of discussions would be held. “As far as my information is concerned, the sixth round

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