'It appears that farmer leaders are waging the final battle for middlemen': Sushil Modi

After  9th round of talks between farmers and Centre remained inconclusive, Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi on Saturday said that by protesting at border farmers are infringing on fundamental rights of people of Delhi. He said that despite every effort by Centre, if farmers are t rey to listen, n y might be "helping middlemen."

Sushil Modi tweeted in Hindi, "By blocking Delhi border, farmers have infringed upon fundamental rights of 2 crore people. Day 51 of farmers' protests and Centre has attempted to talk to m for 9th time, fact that it also concluded without any solution is disappointing. Seems like farmers' unions are battling for  interest of middlemen."

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Earlier, he h shared observations of  International Monetary Fund (IMF) on new Farm Laws, and highlighted how global organization h lauded reforms for ir potential to introduce significant changes in India's agriculture sector. Lashing out at farmers' unions who have opposed speaking to SC-appointed panel, Modi h said that those are t real farmers. Hailing Top court for attempting to end delock between farmers and Centre, Sushil Modi ded that it was a pathbreaking development that Supreme Court stayed implementation of laws and asked farmers to talk. He also opined that it is appalling that inste of obeying top court, farmers are planning to disrupt Republic Day celebrations.

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Centre-Farmer talks

Centre's 9th round of talks with farmers' unions concluded with a detailed discussion on all three farm laws especially Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. Speaking to media on Friday, Union Agricultural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated Centre tried to dress concerns of farmers; he ackwledged that agreement could be reached. Moreover, he revealed that farmer leers h rejected Centre's request to form a smaller committee to air ir grievances.

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Supreme Court stays Farm Laws

Supreme Court h on Tuesday suspended implementation of three controversial farm laws until furr orders and formed a four-member committee to hold talks and resolve stand-off between farmers and Centre. A key point of hearing was that four top lawyers who h appeared for farmers' groups and ors in hearing on Monday failed to appear, as unions did t wish for an SC intervention in matter. 4-member committee of Ashok Gulati, Bhupinder Singh Mann, Pramod Kumar Joshi and Anil Ghanwat was entrusted with submitting its recommendations pertaining to farm laws within two months from date of first sitting - which will happen within 10 days. However, Mann, who is BKU president - has w recused himself from committee. farmer unions' have refused to participate in talks claiming all four members in committee support Farm Laws, while Centre has welcomed Supreme Court's decision. Farmers are w gearing up for tractor rally which y will take out on January 26 from Red Fort to India Gate.

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