After 11th round of talks with Govt, Farmer unions announces to go ahead with tractor march on Republic Day

The 11th round of talks between protesting farmers' unions and the central government remained inconclusive with the farmers' leaders announcing that they would go ahead with their proposed tractor march on Republic Day.

After the meeting ended, farmers' leaders said they felt "insulted" by the manner in which the ministers treated them.

"The minister made us wait for three-and-a-half-hours. This is an insult to farmers. When he came, he asked us to consider the government's proposal and said that he is ending the process of meetings," SS Pandher of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee told news agency ANI.

He added that the farmers' agitation will continue peacefully.

Bhartiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said the proposed tractor march on Republic Day "will take



place" as planned.

Speaking about Friday's meeting with the central government, Rakesh Tikait said, "The government offered to put the implementation of the farm laws on hold for two years and said that the next round of meeting can take place only if farmers' unions are ready to accept the proposal."

The farmers' unions had already rejected this proposal made by the government prior to the meeting.

Despite 11 rounds of talks between the farmers and the government, there are no signs of the deadlock ending anytime soon. The situation so vexed at present that there is no clarity on if and when the next round of talks will be held between the two sides.

"No date for the next meeting has been fixed by the government," said Surjeet Singh Phul, state president of BKU Krantikari (Punjab).