Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has invited leaders of farmer unions, protesting more than the 3 central farm reform laws, rather of December 3, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and cold.
“Keeping in view the cold and COVID-19, we have invited leaders of farmer unions for discussion much before the scheduled December 3 meeting,” Tomar had told PTI on Monday.
The meeting has been named at 3 pm on December 1 at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital, he mentioned, adding that these leaders who had been present in the meeting held on November 13 have been invited this time.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh have been protesting at the Delhi border because November 26. Currently, these farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders on Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Haryana and Delhi-Uttar Pradesh routes respectively demanding from the Centre to repeal 3 farm laws enacted in September by Parliament.
On Monday, the farmers mentioned that they have come to the national capital for a “decisive battle” and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to their “mann ki baat”. They mentioned that they will continue their agitation till their demands are met.
Farmers are protesting in Delhi and its border locations 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.
(Inputs from Agencies)