Chennai: The eighth round of talks between agitating farmers and the Centre, resulted in a stalemate yet again, with the government bluntly announcing that it will not repeal the farm laws and that it is best that the issue is left to the Supreme Court.
However, another round of talks has been scheduled for 15 January in this regard.
Farmers’ leader Hannan Mollah has said that farmers are ‘ready to fight till death,’ and that going to court was not an option.
It has also been informed that farmers’ unions will decide their next course of action on 11 January.
Responding to the Centre’s hard stance, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee’s Kavita Kuruganti said, ‘It is indeed a very said day for Indian democracy, that in the middle of talks, an elected government, which has constantly been cheating the farmers by ignoring the talks, by preventing the farmers from protesting, is relying on the SC to resolve the issue’.
They have also warned that the agitators will march into Delhi on 26 January during the Republic Day celebrations, and called it a ‘final match with the government’.
‘Our ‘ghar wapsi’ (return to home) can happen only if you do ‘law wapsi’ (repeal of laws)’, a farmer leader said on Friday.