“We are ready for a discussion to resolve their issues. Let’s see,” Tomar had told reporters as he arrived for the meeting.
He additional stated the government will arrive at a answer soon after hearing the representatives of the farmer organisations.
Heavy safety arrangements have been in spot about the meeting venue. At the Delhi border points, such as Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur, a heavy police force have been deployed.
This is the third round of talks more than the previous handful of months which started with a meeting amongst the farmers and Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Aggarwal.
An earlier meeting on November 13 had failed to give any breakthrough and the subsequent 1 was initially scheduled for December 3, but it got sophisticated due to the ongoing protests on Delhi borders.
It is anticipated that the talks will continue more than a considerable period of time, as any instant breakthroughs are not probably. The farmers have stated that they will continue their agitation in and about the national capital till the government concedes to their demands.
Hours just before the meeting, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Tomar and Goyal, along with BJP chief J P Nadda, had held marathon discussions more than the farmers’ protest against the Centre’s new agriculture reform laws.
Sources stated that for the previous two days, the ministers have worked the telephone lines and there have been backchannel talks to discover a way forward.
They stated different leaders from states who gave had a superior rapport with the leadership of agitating farmers have been also contacted.
Peaceful sit-ins by farmers, largely from Punjab and Haryana, continued at the Singhu and Tikri borders with no untoward incident reported soon after Friday’s violence, even though the numbers of protestors swelled at the Ghazipur border on Monday.
The farmers have been protesting against the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
The farmers are demanding a withdrawal of the laws that have been passed in the Monsoon session of the Parliament.
The opposition parties also stepped up the stress, asking the Centre to “respect the democratic struggle” of the farmers and repeal the laws.
(With inputs from agencies)