Hopeful of an early solution to the farm law impasse: Minister (IANS Interview)

New Delhi, Dec 22 : Minister of State for Agriculture, Kailash Chowdhary talking exclusively to IANS said that he was confident that talks between the government and the farmers will resume soon for a negotiated solution to end the present protests over the recently-passed farm laws.
Reiterating that the new laws were beneficial for the farmers, Chowdhary accused the opposition of misleading the farmers and said that the farmers were apprehensive of some provisions, but the government would clarify these for them.
Following are excerpts from the interview: Q: Why has the government not been able to find any solution to the farmers’ protests till now? A: We are confident that soon there will be a dialogue between the government and the farmers’ organisations and we will arrive at a solution. We firmly believe that the Opposition is misleading the farmers to gain political mileage and the Centre is making all the efforts to resolve all the misconceptions of the farmers.
Q: Is the government ready to amend the three farm laws? What is the take of the government on MSP and APMC?