Farmers’ protest: Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh to chalk out strategy to end draw over the farm laws?

In view of the farmers’ protest gaining momentum, the Centre on Tuesday got in the huddle as the top Ministers of the Narendra Modi government, including Home Minister Amit Shah held talks at the residence of BJP national President JP Nadda.

Besides Shah, the high level meeting at Nadda's residence is being attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

Speaking to the media ahead of the high level meeting, Tomar said, "Farmer leaders have been invited for talks today at 3 p.m. The government is always ready to talk with farmers and listen to their demands."

During the meeting, the ministers are likely to discuss the demands of the farmers. The farmers are protesting at Delhi's Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders on Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Haryana and Delhi-Uttar Pradesh routes respectively.

The farmers are demanding the repealing of the three farm laws passed by Parliament in September. Farmers recently had marched up to Delhi but were not allowed to enter the city, leading to fierce clashes between them and the Delhi Police.

WHY FARMERS ARE PROTESTING

Farmers in many states in the country are protesting against the agriculture bills passed by the central government recently. Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana are taking part in 'Dilli Chalo', a protest march towards India’s capital.

Many belong to several organisations such as Bharatiya Kisan Union, All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination, Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh and more.The farmers are demanding the central government to either withdraw the three legislations or guarantee them on Minimum Support Prices (MSP) on their crops. The farmers are against the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.