Ahead of the subsequent round of talks with the farmers, scheduled Friday, the government is thinking of to make the controversial implementation of the farm laws optional for the states to break the stalemate more than the six weeks-lengthy protests by the farmers. But a final contact on the proposal will have to be taken at the highest level, a supply stated.
Baba Lakhhabal Singh of Nanaksar Gurdwara of Punjab met agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar at his residence on Thursday, exactly where the minister is learnt to discussed the proposal.
“The proposal to make the laws optional had come up for discussion in one of the internal meetings in the agriculture ministry over a month back. However, it was felt that by making the laws optional their relevance would be lost and these Acts would then be just like model draft laws,” stated a supply in the government.
Already in 2018, the government had circulated the model draft agricultural generate marketplace committee (APMC) law which only a couple of states bothered to implement and that also just after tweaking the provisions, the supply pointed out.
Meanwhile, thousands of farmers started a tractor-march from Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders, intensifying their agitation against the 3 laws governing agriculture production and advertising and marketing. The farmers are sticking to their demand for the repeal of the 3 Acts and a legally assured minimum help cost (MSP) mechanism.
Since each the sides stuck to their positions in the final round of discussion, the government is believed to be mulling some middle path to resolve the vexatious situation and any choice will have to be authorized at the highest level because the situation has turn into political, the supply stated adding the agriculture ministry’s part has been minimised now in the choice-producing procedure.
The government is believed to have evaluated the legal implications of acceding to the crucial demands. Farmer leaders stated that they are hopeful of some fruitful discussion on Friday, although possibilities are not vibrant because the government is not prepared to concede the demand for the repeal. There is a possibility of some formula on MSP would be discussed in the subsequent round. “We wanted to discuss the laws clause-wise, but farmer leaders insisted on the repeal of the laws,” agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar had stated just after the talks on January 4.