Farmers protesting against the farm laws are demanding a complete withdrawal of the three farm laws and legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP), which has reached for close to two months now. The farmers’ representatives have reached Vigyan Bhawan from Singhu border to hold 9th round of talks with the government today.
Even though the farmers have agreed to continue to hold talks with the Centre on the farm laws, a farmer union member said they don't have many expectations from the meeting. Speaking with ANI, All India Kisan Sabha General Secretary Hannah Mollah said, "We don't expect much."
Hannah Mollah said, "We don't expect much, last round of talks with the government failed and now they have [Centre] got the opportunity to get help from the Supreme Court. I think the government is not going to advance the discussions. There is no chance of further improvement on three farm laws.”
Earlier, the protesting farmers had said that they will attend the 9th round of meeting with the Centre but it will be the last discussion with the government over the issue and they won’t settle for anything less than the scrapping of the laws.
Since a Supreme Court-appointed panel on farm laws is likely to hold its first meeting on January 19, today’s meeting between the government and the farmer unions may be the last one.
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Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union has sought support from the members of the committee appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve farm laws deadlock. They have also welcomed Bhupinder Singh Mann’s decision and said that the panel members should follow the action of Mann and not be on the "wrong side of history".
Mann, the national president of Bharatiya Kisan Union, on Thursday expressed appreciation for his nomination into the four-member committee but recused himself saying he would give up any position to prevent farmers' interests from being compromised.