Uttarakhand farmers meet Union Agriculture Minister Tomar, extend support over Farm Laws

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday met a delegation of farmers from Uttarakhand who expressed ir support to Centre over three Farm Laws, thanking m for ir views and support. Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Kailash Choudhary and Uttarakhand Education Minister Arvind Pandey were also present during meeting. This comes hours after Agriculture Minister Tomar and MoS Som Prakash met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss escalating farmers' agitation. 

"Today farmers from Uttarakhand met me in support of farm laws. I would like to thank farmers who understood laws, expressed ir views, and supported it," said Agriculture Minister Tomar.

MoS Kailash Choudhary hoped that farmers would come with a 'positive outlook' for next round of talks. "I hope that farmers come with a positive outlook to next round of talks. If farmers move two steps, n government will also move two steps forward, only n a solution can be reached," he said, adding that Congress and opposition were 'misleading people' in name of politics. 

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Farmers' protest

Rejecting Centre's proposed amendment to three Farm Laws, farmer unions have anunced that y will 'intensify' protests and kick-start ir 'Delhi Chalo' march with ir tractors from Rajasthan's Shahjahanpur through Jaipur-Delhi Highway. y have vowed to block Delhi-Jaipur highway on December 13 and to observe a hunger strike on December 14. Meanwhile, Centre has kept door open, extending an invitation to farmers for a discussion over three agrarian laws urging m to continue with next round of talks.  

bandh has been called against Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020, passed by Parliament in September.

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(With Inputs from ANI)