Farmers protest LIVE: Have invited farmers for talks on Dec 1, says Tomar

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Supply of vegetables and fruits to the city from other states has been impacted

8:18 AM

Farmers stay put at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) , protests continue

Farmers stay put at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) as their protest against the Centre's farm laws continues.

8:14 AM

Union Ministers Amit Shah, Narendra Singh Tomar hold talks with JP Nadda on farmers' issue

Union ministers Amit Shah and Narendra Singh Tomar held a meeting at BJP president JP Nadda's residence on late Sunday night to discuss the ongoing farmers' protests, sources said.

 

Farmers have been protesting at various places in Delhi and Haryana and have rejected the central government's offer to hold talks on December 3 saying that imposing conditions for starting a dialogue is an insult to them.

 

"There was an offer from the central government for negotiation to resolve our issue. We have decided not to accept the proposal because there was a condition in it asking farmers sitting on the road to vacate the roads and move to Burari. We cannot accept this demand. The condition put forward for talks is an insult to farmers," said Surjeet Singh Phul, Punjab State President of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), while addressing media on Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana) on Sunday afternoon.

7:29 AM

Farmers threaten to block all 5 entry points to Delhi

After a meeting of over 30 farmer groups on Sunday, the farmers’ representatives said they will not move to the Burari ground (as a pre-condition laid down by the government for fresh talks) as it is an “open jail”. “The condition laid down by Home Minister Amit Shah is not acceptable to us. We will not hold any conditional talks. We reject the government's offer. The blockade will not end. We will block all five entry point to Delhi,” Surjeet S Phul, Bhartiya Kisan Union's Punjab president, told reporters. “The condition put for talks is an insult to farmers. We will never go to Burari. It is not a park but an open jail,” he added. Read on...

 

12:44 AM

BJP busy in poll campaign, farmers not priority: Rashtriya Lok Dal

The BJP is busy campaigning for Hyderabad civic polls which is why the date for talks with farmers protesting the Central agri laws have been pushed to December, showing that farmers are not a priority for the BJP and only elections matter to it, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alleged on Sunday.
 

Launching a scathing attack against the government over the ongoing protest by farmers, RLD president Jayant Chaudhary accused the BJP dispensation at the Centre of wanting to suppress the voice of the farmers with "brute force".

11:36 PM

Farmers to get Rs 10,000 every year under CM's scheme: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Farmers in Madhya Pradesh will receive Rs 10,000 each year under Chief Minister's Farmers Welfare Scheme, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday.
 

While speaking at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) training programme in Sehore district, Chauhan said that all government schemes of the state government would be restarted and asserted that the government would pay the educational fees of the students in the state who were unable to do so.

10:45 PM

Shah, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Singh Tomar hold talks with BJP chief over farmers' protest

Union Home Ministers Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar held deliberations over the farmers' protest against the three central farm laws with BJP president JP Nadda here late on Sunday evening.
 

According to sources, the three leaders met at Nadda's residence to discuss the issue.
 

Shah has already appealed to the protesting farmers to shift to the Burari ground in the national capital to stage their protests and said the Centre was ready to hold discussions with them as soon as they move to the designated place.

9:59 PM

Farmers reject 'conditional' dialogue; threaten to block all entry points to Delhi

Rejecting the Centre's offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari ground, the farmers who are protesting at Delhi's borders for four days against the new farm laws on Sunday said they will not accept any conditional dialogue and threatened to block all five entry points to the national capital.
 

As the standoff showed no signs of easing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi again batted for the new laws in his monthly radio address, saying these reforms have given the farmers new rights and opportunities and have started mitigating their problems in a short span of time.

9:32 PM

BJP government has no sympathy for farmers, only worried about corporates: Akhilesh

Hitting out at Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged that developmental works have stalled and the farmers were feeling agitated while the state government has its "head bowed down before criminals".
 

"Instead of discharging constitutional duties, his (Adityanath's) mind is more engaged in going to other states as a star campaigner (for polls) and changing the name of cities," a statement issued by the Samajwadi Party quoted Yadav as saying.

9:20 PM

Farmers' agitation seems to have been hijacked by 'anti-national' forces: BJP leader

The BJP is ready to talk to farmers to address their apprehensions about the new farm laws, but their agitation seems to have been "hijacked by anti-national" forces, the party's Uttarakhand unit said on Sunday.
 

The BJP also said that Congress and other parties have "misled" farmers on the agriculture sector-related laws.

8:52 PM

Farmers continue their protest at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border

8:52 PM

Centre should not set any conditions to hold talks with agitating farmers: Satyendar Jain

Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said the Centre should not set any conditions to hold talks with the agitating farmers who have been demanding that it repeal the new farm laws.

 

His remarks come a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Centre was ready to hold discussions with farmers if they shift their protest to a designated place and vacate roads and highways, where they have been protesting.

 

There should not be any conditions to talk to the farmers. The talks should take place immediately. They are the farmers of our country. They should be allowed to hold peaceful protests wherever they want, the minister told reporters.

8:32 PM

Ready to talk with govt but will not accept any conditions, say farmers

8:00 PM

Farm laws revolutionary but should have been passed after extensive consultations: Brijendra Singh

6:45 PM

If farmers' problems are not resolved, a "bigger movement" will be undertaken, warns Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda

6:36 PM

Protesting farmer organisations say won't accept conditional talks; to continue blockade