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Seventh round talks today
Seventh round talks today
Farmers, govt optimistic of positive outcome
New Delhi: Farmers and the Union government will hold the next round of talks on Monday to try and find a solution to end the stir which has been going on for more than a month against the three agricultural Bills. This will be the seventh round of talks between the two sides. Six rounds of talks have so far failed to end the deadlock, with the farmers sticking to their demand for the repeal of the three farm laws passed by Parliament in September.
While a consensus was reached at the last round of talks on issues related to the environment and Electricity Act, the deadlock continued over the two main demands, legal assurance on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and complete rollback of the three farm laws.
The farmers launched their protest at three Delhi border points - Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur - on November 26, and have since then braved water cannons, cold wave and now rain. The continuous downpour led to water-logging at agitation venues on Sunday and waterproof tents did not help much.
"The situation is very bad at protest sites due to rain which has caused water-logging. There is so much cold after the rains, but the government is not able to see our misery," farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar, a member of Sankyukt Kisan Morcha, said.
Gurwinder Singh, who is camping at Singhu border, said that the weather will not dampen the spirit of farmers who have been protesting for over a month. "Despite facing several problems, we will not move from here until our demands are met," he said.
"We are living on the streets in such harsh weather conditions away from our family. We're hopeful that the government will accept our demands on Monday," a protesting farmer at the Ghazipur border said.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha held a press conference on Saturday where its leaders threatened to march to Delhi on January 26 with their tractors, trolleys and other vehicles if their demands are not met.
The Opposition parties, including Congress, are supporting the farmers' agitation. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday urged the Narendra Modi government to follow the "raj dharma" by repealing the farm laws.
