Fearing Cross-Border Threat, Punjab CM Urges PM Modi To Resume Talks With Protesting Farmers

Captain Amarinder Singh has also proposed to lead an all-party meet to hold talks with the protesting farmers, said a statement issued by the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).

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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to hold talks with the protesting farmers amid growing cross-border terror threats ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.

Captain Amarinder Singh has also proposed to lead an all-party meet to hold talks with the protesting farmers, said a statement issued by the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).

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Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait had earlier this month said that 200 people will hold protests near the Parliament from July 22 in view of the ongoing farmers' protests.

Tikait had earlier said the farmers are ready to resume talks with the Union Government on the contentious agrarian laws but emphasized that the discussions should be held without conditions.

He had also categorically stated that the farmers’ movement will not end and added the protests will continue till the time complete demands of the farmers are not met.

The farmers mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been camping at Delhi borders since November last year, demanding that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee minimum support price for crops.

Several rounds of talks between the farmers and the government have failed to break the deadlock.