Farmers'organisations under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, after a meeting at Singhuborder, on Friday said that if the talks with the government on January 4 failthen they will intensify the protest and hold a tractor rally on January 6.
BharatiyaKisan Union (Lakhowal) General Secretary Harinder Singh Lakhowal told IANS,"The topics of the next round of talks with the government were discussedin the meeting. The government has agreed to our two demands, but two importantdemands are yet to be discussed on January 4. If these two demands are notnegotiated during the talks with the government, then a tractor rally will betaken out on January 6."
Fridaymarked the 37th day of the farmers' protest against the Farmers Produce Tradeand Commerce (Production and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers (Empowerment andProtection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and TheEssential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020. The farmers are demandingwithdrawal of all the three laws, while the government has agreed to amend thelaws as per the suggestions of the farmers. The farmers will be taking up theissue during the 6th round of talks with the government.
Theleaders of the farmers' organisations also held talks on four issues with thegovernment on Wednesday, of which the government has accepted two demands whilethe other two, withdrawal of the three laws and legal guarantee for minimumsupport price (MSP), are still to be addressed.