Centre ready to pause farm laws for one and half years: Union Leader
Centre ready to pause farm laws for one and half years: Union Leader

The tenth round of talks between farmer unions and Central government over the three farm laws concluded at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on January 20.

General secretary of All India Kisan Sabha Hannan Mollah, said, "Government said that it is ready to file an affidavit in the court to the effect that it would put the implementation of the laws on hold for one and half a year.

They also said that a committee would be formed on MSP and the laws and they would implement the recommendations of the committee.

We'll hold a meeting tomorrow and take a decision on the proposal." He also said, "We asked government to withdraw the fake cases registered by NIA against farmers.

In response, government said they are looking into the matter and asked us to provide the names of leaders against whom new cases, if any, have been registered." The next round of the meeting will take place on January 22.

The farmers are protesting against new farm laws since November 26, 2020 at Delhi borders.