Centre Invites Farmers

Amid a deadlock in talks between farmers and the central government, Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda appealed to the citizens to maintain peace and has invited suggestions.

Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Saturday said the Centre has invited them for a meeting to discuss their demands on February 12.

Farmers protesting the contentious new farm laws are ready to talk if the centre invites them, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday, maintaining that the dialogue would resume where it had ended on January 22 and the demands remained unchanged.

The Centre has invited farmers for a fresh round of talks, which will be held on Wednesday. This will be the sixth time a way out of the deadlock is being attempted -- the talks so far have remained inconclusive, with both sides sticking to their stand.

The protesting farmer unions met on Friday to discuss the government's latest letter inviting them for talks, with some of them indicating that they may decide to resume their dialogue with the Centre to find a solution to the ongoing deadlock over the three contentious agri laws.

Farmers protesting the agriculture laws have turned down an invitation to resume talks and said they are uninterested in returning to the negotiating table unless the centre is willing to consider the repeal of the three controversial pieces of legislation

The Centre has suggested the formation of a committee to sort out the differences over farm laws an idea that was turned down by the protesting farmers, sources said as the two sides met in Delhi this afternoon. Three ministers started talks with farmers' representatives as protests over the new farm laws intensified. More farmers from Punjab and ...

The Enforcement Directorate and the CBI "should be sent to the borders" to tackle terrorists entering Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena has said in its latest attack on former ally BJP, also criticising the government's treatment of protesting farmers near Delhi "who are called terrorists". In an editorial in its mouthpiece "Saamna"...

The Centre on Tuesday said it has invited farmer unions from Punjab for the second round of ministerial talks on December 3 to resolve differences over the new agriculture laws.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has invited protesting farmers for a meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday, a day after seeking the Union government's support to create a "congenial environment" for ending their prolonged agitation against the the Centre's new farm laws.

Farmers unions in Punjab have accepted the central government's invitation to discuss the three recently enacted farm laws, against which they have been protesting for months. "A seven member committee will attend tomorrow's meeting," Balbir Singh Rajewal, leader of BKU Rajewal said on accepting the second invitation for talks. The first invitation...

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Friday asked BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan to join him in a protest in front of the prime minister's residence in case the Centre continues to "discriminate" against Madhya Pradesh in relief disbursal for rain-affected farmers.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, predicted the party's victory in the coming round of assembly elections and the next Lok Sabha elections, and gave an open invitation to all to join his party at a rally in Delhi today.

Amid a deadlock in talks between farmers and the central government, Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda appealed to the citizens to maintain peace and has invited suggestions.

Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Saturday said the Centre has invited them for a meeting to discuss their demands on February 12.

Farmers protesting the contentious new farm laws are ready to talk if the centre invites them, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday, maintaining that the dialogue would resume where it had ended on January 22 and the demands remained unchanged.

The Centre has invited farmers for a fresh round of talks, which will be held on Wednesday. This will be the sixth time a way out of the deadlock is being attempted -- the talks so far have remained inconclusive, with both sides sticking to their stand.

The protesting farmer unions met on Friday to discuss the government's latest letter inviting them for talks, with some of them indicating that they may decide to resume their dialogue with the Centre to find a solution to the ongoing deadlock over the three contentious agri laws.

Farmers protesting the agriculture laws have turned down an invitation to resume talks and said they are uninterested in returning to the negotiating table unless the centre is willing to consider the repeal of the three controversial pieces of legislation

The Centre has suggested the formation of a committee to sort out the differences over farm laws an idea that was turned down by the protesting farmers, sources said as the two sides met in Delhi this afternoon. Three ministers started talks with farmers' representatives as protests over the new farm laws intensified. More farmers from Punjab and ...

The Enforcement Directorate and the CBI "should be sent to the borders" to tackle terrorists entering Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena has said in its latest attack on former ally BJP, also criticising the government's treatment of protesting farmers near Delhi "who are called terrorists". In an editorial in its mouthpiece "Saamna"...

The Centre on Tuesday said it has invited farmer unions from Punjab for the second round of ministerial talks on December 3 to resolve differences over the new agriculture laws.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has invited protesting farmers for a meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday, a day after seeking the Union government's support to create a "congenial environment" for ending their prolonged agitation against the the Centre's new farm laws.

Farmers unions in Punjab have accepted the central government's invitation to discuss the three recently enacted farm laws, against which they have been protesting for months. "A seven member committee will attend tomorrow's meeting," Balbir Singh Rajewal, leader of BKU Rajewal said on accepting the second invitation for talks. The first invitation...

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Friday asked BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan to join him in a protest in front of the prime minister's residence in case the Centre continues to "discriminate" against Madhya Pradesh in relief disbursal for rain-affected farmers.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, predicted the party's victory in the coming round of assembly elections and the next Lok Sabha elections, and gave an open invitation to all to join his party at a rally in Delhi today.