How the ice was broken during 6th round of talks between govt and farmers

The lunch diplomacy of Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has played an instrumental role in shaping up a positive development following the sixth round of talks between the government and the representatives of farmers organisationsUnlike the previous five meetings that ended on an inconclusive note the sixth round of talks held here at Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday saw the government and farmers coming on the same page on two key issues out of fourThe way the Wednesday meeting between the farmers and the government happened the possibilities of solving the farmers movement have increasedFarmer leaders are also hopeful that the way the government on Wednesday agreed to the demands like keeping farmers out of the purview of stubble burning and continuation of electricity subsidy in the same way the meeting on January 4 will also be positiveThe agenda for the January 4 meeting has been set This meeting is to be held on two issues like the three agricultural laws and the guarantee of MSPDuring the lunch break at Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday at 230 pm two hours after the sixth round meeting Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of State Som Prakash reached out to the farm leaders when they were getting ready to eat the langar mealSince the last two meetings the farmer leaders have been eating the langar meal instead of the food being provided by the government during the meal breaksAgriculture Minister Tomar addressing a farmer leader said O Paa ji you are eating aloneResponding to this the farmer leader said No no Sir lets arrange some meal plates for youSoon the three ministers of the Narendra Modi government also took a plate in their hands and started queuing up to eat the langar mealAccording to sources the ice was broken mainly during the lunch break What could not be seen happening during the presentation of the officers in the meeting of Vigyan Bhawan happened during a casual conversation between the ministers and the farmer leadersEating lunch with the ministers and then later having tea break together also sent out a positive message among the farmer leadersTomar also agreed to continue the power subsidy along with withdrawal of provisions for action against farmers for burning stubble in the ordinance brought to prevent air pollution in DelhiNCR during lunch and tea breakAt the same time he tried to find a middle path by asking the farmer leaders to form a committee on MSP and all three agricultural laws According to sources this softening in the attitude of the government was appreciated by the farmer leaders due to which the representatives after resolving the issues related to stubble and electricity willingly approved to attend the meeting on January 4 on Agriculture Law and MSPWhat did farmer leaders sayFarmer leader Shivkumar Kakka told IANS A total of four issues were taken up in todays meeting out of which the government has agreed to two demands from farmers Now agriculture laws and MSP are to be discussed furtherRakesh Tikait national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union BKU told IANS that the conversation took place in a positive environmentHarpal Singh Bellary of the BKU told IANS The government has agreed to issue the order agreeing on two issues related to electricity and stubble The repeal of the three laws and the guarantee of the MSP could not be done yet Now these two issues will be discussed in the January 4 meeting This 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