Dilli Chalo | Centre, farmers to resume talks with low expectations

As farmer leaders and Central Ministers sit down for the sixth round of talks at Vigyan Bhavan on Wednesday afternoon, neither aspect expects any rapid breakthrough.

Little has modified when it comes to negotiating positions within the three weeks since talks broke down, in accordance to farmer leaders, regardless of rising strain on the bottom. Farmers rallies have been held in Bihar and Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, buttressing the declare that the agitation isn’t restricted to Punjab teams.

In their official response despatched to the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday afternoon, farmers teams reiterated that repeal of the three farm legal guidelines is the primary level of their agenda for Wednesday’s talks. Accepting the invitation for the two pm assembly, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha stated, “We remind you that we are coming to this dialogue on the following agenda given in our previous letter and in the order given below..” It then listed “Modalities to be adopted to repeal” three contentious agricultural reform legal guidelines as the primary agenda level.

“A ‘logical solution to the relevant issues’ would require that our dialogue run according to this agenda,” stated the e-mail, citing Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal’s invitation letter, which had stated the Centre was dedicated to a logical answer

With tens of 1000’s of farmers now on their thirty fourth straight day of protest on the borders of Delhi, the Centre has been urging the agitation’s leaders to return to the negotiation desk by means of a collection of letters this week. “It is a good thing that the talks will resume. That itself is progress. Let us see what further progress can be made now,” stated a senior Agriculture Ministry official.

Krantikari Kisan Union president Darshan Pal, a senior chief among the many Punjab teams which started the battle and are actually massed on the Singhu border level between Delhi and Haryana, says the Centre should recognise the modifications which have taken place on the bottom within the final three weeks since talks have been final held.

“The protests have grown in number and spread well beyond Punjab and Haryana, so the government can no longer claim it is a one state issue,” he stated, pointing to the 5 border factors now entrenched with protestors, in addition to the Patna and Thanjavur rallies. In the subsequent two days, a tractor rally is predicted to be held alongside the Kundli-Manesar Expressway. A boycott of Jio cellular providers and prevention of toll assortment in some states can also be starting to pinch.

“Farmers are resolved to stand fast, and I don’t think the government is still in a mood to budge, so I don’t expect any breakthrough [on Wednesday],” stated Mr. Pal. He stated the Centre is prepared to provide concessions on the parali or stubble burning situation, agreeing to take away farmers from the penal provisions of the Commission for Air Quality. However, with none settlement on the repeal of the three legal guidelines, farmers aren’t prepared to settle for concessions on every other situation, he stated.

“The overall strategy of the government seems to be, it still believes it can defeat us through propaganda attacks. Recently, it is the Prime Minister himself leading the charge,” stated Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav who’s main the protestors at Shahjahanpur on the Rajasthan-Haryana border on the highway from Jaipur to Delhi. “The government engages in letter diplomacy to create a record on paper that it wants to negotiate, but it is defaming farmers everyday. How is that creating a conducive atmosphere?” he requested.