Zoom News : Jan 20, 2021, 08:19 PM
New Delhi: The tenth round of talks between farmer unions and the Central government also failed to end the deadlock over the recently enacted three farm laws.Farmer unions said that they will discuss the government’s proposal to suspend the farm laws for 1.5 years tomorrow."The government proposed to suspend the farm laws for one and a half years. We rejected the proposal but since it has come from the government, we will meet tomorrow and deliberate over it," Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan said.Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that talks are progressing in the right direction and there is a possibility of finding a resolution on Jan 22“During discussions, we said that the government is ready to put on hold the farm laws for one or one and half year. I'm happy that farmer unions have taken this very seriously & said that they would consider it tomorrow & convey their decision on January 22,” said Tomar.The next meeting between government and farmer unions will be held on January 22.