LIVE: Manmohan, Pawar wanted farm reforms during UPA regime, says Tomar
Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Security remains tight at the Delhi borders with hundreds of personnel deployed at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri. Stay tuned for latest updates
Topics Farmer protest | Punjab farmers | Farm Bills
BS Web Team | New Delhi
Last Updated at December 28, 2020 22:51 IST
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Farmers' protest LIVE updates Day 32: Protesting farmer unions agreed "in-principle" to a government proposal for holding the next round of talks on the new agricultural laws on December 30, but insisted the agenda of the meeting should include discussing modalities for repealing the three legislations. So far, five rounds of formal talks held between the Centre and 40 protesting farmer unions remained inconclusive.
The stir by thousands of farmers who are camping on Delhi's borders in harsh winters to press for the repeal of three new central agriculture laws has entered a second month.
Yesterday, farmers marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat monthly radio address by clanging utensils. At the Singhu and Tikri borders, farmers picked up and banged steel plates, used tin cans and canisters and even metal pots used for cooking. “We did not want to hear the prime minister’s Mann ki Baat’. By beating plates, we ensured no one would hear his talk,” said Jagmohan Singh, general secretary of the Dakonda (Punjab) unit of the Bharatiya Kisan Union.
The stir by thousands of farmers who are camping on Delhi's borders in harsh winters to press for the repeal of three new central agriculture laws has entered a second month.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh and the then agriculture minister Sharad Pawar wanted to bring farm reforms during the UPA regime, but could not implement them due to "political pressure". Tomar also asserted the Modi government will not take any decisions detrimental to the poor and farmers.
Yesterday, farmers marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat monthly radio address by clanging utensils. At the Singhu and Tikri borders, farmers picked up and banged steel plates, used tin cans and canisters and even metal pots used for cooking. “We did not want to hear the prime minister’s Mann ki Baat’. By beating plates, we ensured no one would hear his talk,” said Jagmohan Singh, general secretary of the Dakonda (Punjab) unit of the Bharatiya Kisan Union.
Security remains tight at the Delhi borders with hundreds of personnel deployed at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri where the farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh, have been camping since the last week of November.
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