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We will conduct a tractor march on January 26 and head towards Delhi, protesting farm unions announced on Saturday.
“We were peaceful, are peaceful and will continue to be peaceful, but we will stay put at Delhi borders until the new farm laws are repealed,” farmer union leaders said.
Next round of talks between farmers and the Centre will be held on January 4.
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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said the government is hopeful of a “positive outcome” at its next meeting with farmers’ unions but refrained from predicting whether the seventh round of talks will be the last one, saying he is not an astrologer.
Enacted in September 2020, the government has presented these laws as major farm reforms and aimed at increasing farmers’ income, but protesting farmers have raised concerns that these legislations would weaken the MSP and mandi systems and leave them at the mercy of big corporates.
The government has maintained these apprehensions are misplaced and has ruled out repealing the laws.
