Ready For Talks On Tuesday If Govt Willing To Withdraw New Farm Laws: Farmers

The protesting farmer unions on Saturday decided to resume their dialogue with the government and have proposed December 29 as the date for the next round of talks, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said.

The decision was taken at a meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various Delhi border points against three farm laws.

Tikait, a senior leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union, however, said the modalities for the repeal of three farm laws and guarantee for MSP (minimum support price at which the government procures crops from farmers) should be part of the agenda for talks with the government.

"We have decided to hold talks with the government on December 29," Tikait told

The farm leaders said that they are willing to hold a discussion with the government on December 29 if the government is ready to bring a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP), withdrawing the three farm laws and to amend the electricity act and laws pertaining to stubble burning. 

We propose to hold another round of talks with the Centre at 11 am on 29th December: Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India#FarmLaws pic.twitter.com/BEAG9pkzP3

— ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2020

The farm leaders also said that on December 30 the farmers will hold a tractor march wherein all the tractors will march from one Delhi border to another.

The farmers told that the next decision will be taken on January 1.

(With PTI inputs.)