Amit Shah Meets Protesting Farmers
Amid intense protests by the agricultural community over the government's new farm laws Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday 8th December met a group of farmer leaders in Delhi.
Amid intense protests by the agricultural community over the government's new farm laws Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday 8th December met a group of farmer leaders in Delhi. The meeting between Shah and the farmer leaders was initially supposed to be held at 7 pm at the Home Minister's home. However, the venue was then shifted to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) campus in Pusa to avoid the media glare. After the meeting, a farmer leader said that the government is not ready to meet the farmers' demand for a complete rollback of the laws. Yesterday All India Kisan Sabha General Secretary Hannan Mollah told reporters, "No meeting will be held between farmers and the government tomorrow. Amit Shah has said that a proposal will be given to the farmer leaders on 9th December. The farmers will hold a meeting at Singhu Border in Delhi at noon today. A 5-member delegation of opposition party leaders will meet President Ram Nath Kovind today to discuss the farm bills. Rahul Gandhi, NCP Leader Sharad Pawar will also be part of the delegation.
