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Economic Times | 02 Dec, 2020 | 10.58AM IST
Farmers Protest Updates: Submit specific issues in farm laws by tomorrow: Govt to farmers
The farmer representatives were unanimous in seeking repeal of the three laws that they have been terming as being against the interest of the farm community.
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We'll submit a draft of our issues related to Farm laws tomorrow
- Naresh Tikait, BKU President
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Govt asks farmer unions to submit specific issues in farm laws by Wednesday
- The government has asked farmers' bodies to identify specific issues related to the three new farm laws and submit those by Wednesday for consideration and discussion in the next round of talks, an official statement said after a nearly three-hour-long meeting remained inconclusive.
- Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, railways and commerce minister Piyush Goyal, and minister of state for commerce and industries Som Prakash on Tuesday interacted with the representatives of 35 farmers organisations, mainly from Punjab.
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We appeal to the farmers to suspend the protests and come for the talks. However, this decision depends on farmers' unions and farmers
- Narendra Singh Tomar
Train operations normalised in Punjab with few exceptions: Railways
- Train services in Punjab, which were suspended for almost two months due to the agitation against the three farm bills, have normalised except for a 32-km stretch, Chairman Railway Board VK Yadav said.
- Train operations in Punjab were severely affected for almost two months after farmers protesting against the three new farm laws sat on railway tracks and on station premises, refusing to let trains ply.
Bullets or a peaceful solution
Our movement against Farm Laws will continue & we'll definitely take back something from the Govt, be it bullets or… https://t.co/H5mmxKzruj
— ANI (@ANI) 1606828820000Today's meeting was good & some progress was made. During our next meet on 3rd Dec with govt, we'll convince them that no clause of Farm law is pro-farmer. Our agitation will continue
- Prem Singh Bhangu, President, All India Kisan Federation
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The meeting was good and we have decided that the talks will be held on 3rd December. We wanted a small group to be constituted but farmers' leaders wanted that the talks should be held with everyone, we do not have problem with it
- Narendra Singh Tomar
Farmer representatives are yet to respond to the offer from the govt to set up a committee to look into their issues: Sources
Many of the people in pictures do not appear to be farmers. What is in the interest of farmers has been done. It's not the farmers who have a problem with this (farm laws), but others. Besides opposition, people who get commission are behind it (protest)
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has arrived at Vigyan Bhawan for meeting with farmers' leaders
Som Parkash ji, Piyush Goyal ji & I will be present in the meeting. The options which we will offer to them will depend on the exact demands which they present
- Narendra Singh Tomar, Agriculture Minister, on meeting with farmers' leaders
We are daughters of farmers, we'll go to support farmers' protest today. We will raise our voice, the government should listen to us
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Representatives of 32 farmers' unions to attend the meet with Govt
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