Leaders of the opposition will meet with President Kovind to discuss Agriculture Bill

The agitation for agriculture bill is going on all over the country and India was also closed from 11 am to 3 pm yesterday. The demand of the farmers is that the bill should be repealed completely but the government is not agreeing to it. The government says it is ready to amend. In no way are these movements taking the name of cessation, due to which five opposition leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind today regarding the ongoing farmers' protest against the new farm laws. The delegation includes leaders from Congress, NCP, CPI, and DMK. Opposition leaders are expected to meet before summoning President Kovind at 5 p.m.

On the other hand, a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's talks with agricultural leaders ended in a stalemate, the Center may call the Kisan Union leaders for another meeting today. Farmers said they would do nothing to reduce the number of legislators, while many of them threatened to boycott scheduled talks with ministers on Wednesday. Even though the talks failed and the next meeting was uncertain, the Center told the farmers that a proposal would be sent to them on Wednesday. On Tuesday, on the call of 'Bharat Bandh', the farmers did not allow any untoward incident to take place on a large scale. However, the call for a nationwide shutdown came with mixed reactions with varying support in different states.

CPI general secretary D Raja also confirmed that the delegation would meet Kovind on Wednesday. The three agricultural laws enacted in September have been introduced by the government as major reforms in the agricultural sector that will eliminate middlemen and allow farmers to sell anywhere in the country. However, protesting farmers have expressed apprehension over the new laws.

by- Amodita Joshi