Addressing the protesting farmers, Tikait said farmers believe in the Gandhian principle of non-violence and have full faith in the Constitution and appealed to everyone for maintaining peace.
Enacted in September last year, the three laws have been projected by the Centre as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove middlemen and allow farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country.
The three farm laws have already been stayed by the Supreme Court on January 11 till further orders, The court also formed a committee of experts to resolve the deadlock.
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee's SS Pandher on upcoming 11th round of Centre-farmers talks, scheduled to be held today (January 22), said they will discuss MSP and repeal of the three farm laws.
Protesting farmers on Thursday rejected the government's proposal to suspend the three contentious farm laws for one year. They remained adamant on the repeal of the agriculture reforms and said that the tractor march scheduled for January 26 will go on as planned. The decision was taken at a marathon meeting on Thursday, a day before the eleventh round of talks between the farmers and government. Sankyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farm unions leading protests at several Delhi border points, held a discussion at the Singhu border and decided to turn down the government's latest offer.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that the government expects the farmers to discuss the farm laws clause by clause on January 19 as after Supreme Court's order laws are not being implemented.
Rahul Gandhi said that Congress will not relent till the three farm laws are repealed by the Modi government.
Rahul Gandhi said that Congress will not relent till the three farm laws are repealed by the Modi government.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the grand old party will not relent till the three farm laws are repealed. Rahul who led the party's protest in the national capital in support of the agitating farmers, said that the farm laws are not to help farmers, but to finish them. He said that the BJP government will have to withdraw the laws.
The seventh round of talks between protesting unions and government ended inconclusively on Monday as the farmers remained adamant on the repeal of the three contentious farm laws. The next meeting has been scheduled for January 8.
The Centre and the protesting farmer unions will hold talks on Wednesday. This will be the sixth round of dialogue between the two sides to resolve the deadlock over the three farm laws.
The Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill to repeal Provincialisation of Madrassa in the state, as the three-day Assam Legislative Assembly session begins today.
It pains me that over 40 people have lost their lives here. I appeal to the Centre to listen to them and repeal the Farm Laws: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Protesting farmers want special Parliament session to repeal the laws, accuse the govt of trying to drive a wedge among unions by calling different groups for talks separately.
Farmer unions have sought to hold the next round of talks, in a bid to break the deadlock with the government over the new Agri reforms, on December 29. The farmers, who have been protesting in biting cold for several days, have proposed the Centre for a meeting at 11 am on Tuesday.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale has termed the demand for withdrawal of the three agricultural laws as a threat to democracy.
Braving harsh cold, thousands of agitating farmers at the Delhi borders on Thursday remained steadfast in their demands to repeal the Centre's three new agri laws.
Farmers have once again blocked the Delhi-Noida Chilla border to press for their demand to repeal the three farm laws.
Farmers have once again blocked the Delhi-Noida Chilla border to press for their demand to repeal the three farm laws.
In a bid to press for their demands and pressurise the Centre to repeal the three new farm laws, farmers on Tuesday said they will completely block the Delhi-Noida route (Chilla Border) on Wednesday.
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