On Saturday, Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar said that the government is ready to amend three new farm laws to respect the emotions of protesting farmers.
The Union minister while addressing 5th convention of agricultural vision said that the government has held 11 rounds of talks with farmer unions and has even offered to amend these laws.
Eleven rounds of talks between the Centre and 41 protesting farmer unions have remained deadlocked.
The government has offered concessions including suspension of the legislations for 12-18 months and setting up a joint panel to find solutions, but the unions rejected.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, are protesting at Delhi borders for over three months, seeking a repeal of these three legislations and a legal guarantee of the minimum support price.
Tomar said the government has passed these three laws to boost investment in the farm sector and give freedom to farmers to sell their produce wherever they want and at price determined by them.
He said, “There is a place for disagreement in democracy and for opposition and difference in opinion, but should there be any opposition that can harm the nation”.
He said that farmer unions as well as the Opposition parties have failed to point out faults in provisions of these laws.
He said that the government’s proposal to amend laws does not mean that there were any deficiencies in these reform laws. He added that the government has made a proposal to amend these laws as farmers continue to be the face of ongoing protest.