Talks Deadlocked as Protesting Farmers Rebuff Modi’s Resolution
- India farm groups are asking that new laws be rolled back
- More talks between government, farmers slated for Thursday
Farmers talk with police officers at a police road block at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Noida on Dec. 2.
Photographer: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
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Talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration and tens of thousands of Indian farmers protesting against a set of new agricultural laws appear to have hit a deadlock with leaders insisting that the laws need to be scrapped.
Both sides are expected to meet again Thursday but any immediate resolution remains unlikely. Initial talks between several senior ministers and protest leaders ended Tuesday with farmers rejecting the government offer of setting up a panel to look into their demands, federal Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told reporters in New Delhi.