9th round of talks between Centre, farmer unions on Friday

New Delhi, Jan 14 : The ninth round of talks between the government and protesting farmer unions will take place on Friday as scheduled. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Centre is looking forward to positive discussions with the farmers.
Tomar said the government is ready to hold discussions with farmer unions leaders with an open mind.
Earlier, talks between the farmer unions and the government did not make much headway in breaking the deadlock.
Also, earlier this week the Supreme Court appointed a four-member expert panel to hear farmers’ grievances.
However, a key member of this proposed committee subsequently recused himself. In this backdrop, Tomar said the talks between the government and the farmer union representatives will take place as scheduled on January 15 at Vigyan Bhavan.
Bharti Kisan Union (Lakhowal) general secretary Harinder Singh Lakhowal, who is part of the farmers delegation, said the farmer unions will hold discussions with government on Friday as scheduled.