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                      farmers vs gOvt: HarD taLK




                                             and the farmers should get  ment) yet,” said Rakesh Tikait,  continue to protest against the
        >> Continued from previous page...   what they want, hence, we are  Spokesperson, Bhartiya Kisan  new farm laws at Singhu (Del-
        terday the Central government  performing Havan today. We  Union who also performed  hi-Haryana) and Tikri borders,
        asked the farmer unions to give  have not reached any solution  havan here along with other  demanding withdrawal of farm
        them a time and date for the  after talks (with the govern- farmers. Meanwhile, farmers  laws.
        next round of discussions that                                                                                    “I would like to urge Prime
        will be held in Vigyan Bhawan                                                                                 Minister that on the occasion
        with ministers.                                                                                               of Farmers Day that he should
            The talks between farmers                                                                                 give us a gift by withdrawing
        and the Central government to                                                                                 the farm laws. Today’s farmers
        date has remained inconclusive                                                                                are educated, they know every-
        with scores of farmers sitting at                                                                             thing about the law,” said an
        various borders across the na-                                                                                agitating farmer at Tikri bor-
        tional capital as a mark of pro-                                                                              der.
        test against the new agriculture                                                                                  On the letter sent by the
        laws.                                                                                                         government to farmers, a pro-
            In a show of strength, farm-                                                                              testor said: “The letter will be
        ers performed ‘havan’ at the                                                                                  answered today. We are ready
        Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border                                                                                    to talk but they do not want to
        in Gazipur on the occasion of                                                                                 talk because they have a prob-
        birth anniversary of former                                                                                   lem.”
        Prime Minister Chaudhary                                                                                          With the government too
        Charan Singh on Wednesday.                                                                                    talking in a tough language,
        “We want to take Chaudhary               An old farmer sleeps at the site during the ongoing farmers' protest   there  is  no  resolution  of  the
        Charan Singh’s views forward                   against the new farm laws near Delhi on Friday. (ANI)          problem at the moment.


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