"We'll continue with 'Delhi Chalo' march on Feb 21 if...": Farmer leader

After the fourth round of talks General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Sarvan Singh Pandher asserted that the farmers will continue to move forward with the Delhi Chalo march on February 21 adding that the discussion will also be held on the proposal proposed by the government on MSPWe will have discussions on the proposal by the govt in the next two daysThe govt will also deliberate on the other demandsWe will continue with the Delhi Chalo march on Feb 21 if there is no result Pandher said while addressing the media after the conclusion of the meeting between protesting farmer unions and Union Ministers in Chandigarh on MondayHe further said that the government and farmers unions would try to find a solution to the issuesWe will have a discussion on the proposal by the govt and take opinions on itThe decision will be taken by today morning evening or the day afterThe ministers said that they will have discussions on the other demands after returning to DelhiThe discussions will be held on Feb 1920 and the Delhi Chalo march scheduled for Feb 21 will be decided based on the discussionsTogether govt and the farmers union we will try to find a solution to the issues he addedMeanwhile Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said that the government has given us a proposal which will be supervised and managed by two government agenciesWe will discuss the proposal by the government on MSP with our forums and experts and then we will come to a conclusionOur march Delhi Chalo will continue till the demands are metTalks on several other demands need to be done Dallewal told ANIDallewal further said that we had a detailed discussion on our farmers demands during the fourth round of talks with the governmentThe government has given us a proposal which guarantees MSP on pulses maize and cotton which will be supervised and managed by two government agencies says SKM NonPolitical leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal after the conclusion of the meeting between protesting farmer unions and Union Ministers in Chandigarh he addedEarlier Union Minister Piyush Goyal asserted that they had a very positive and extensive discussion with representatives of farmers adding that the farmer leaders will announce their decision on the government proposals by tomorrowThe governmentpromoted cooperative societies like NCCF National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India and NAFED National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India will form a contract for the next 5 years and buy products from the farmers on MSP There will be no limit on the quantity he addedThe agitating farmers from Punjab have raised various demands including an ordinance on ensuring legal guarantees for MSPs and loan waiversThe two sides ministers and farmer leaders had met earlier on February 8 12 and 15 but talks remained inconclusiveThe meeting comes as thousands of farmers are camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri points of the PunjabHaryana border with layers of barricades and a large number of security personnel halting their march to the national capitalThe nonpolitical Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have given a Delhi Chalo call urging the BJPled Centre to accede to their demands Commencing their march to the national capital on Tuesday farmers from Punjab faced hindrance from security personnel at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points situated between Punjab and HaryanaThe protesting farmers have been camping at the Shambhu border near Ambala since the start of the march on Tuesday February 13 Talks between the union ministers and leaders of various farmers bodies remained inconclusive with the fourth round of talks scheduled todayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever