Centre ought to admit mistake on farm legal guidelines: Chidambaram

His remarks got here a day after the Centre requested protesting farmers to type a casual group to arrange a concrete proposal about their objections and strategies on the farm legal guidelines for additional dialogue at their subsequent assembly on January 19 to finish the long-running protest at numerous Delhi borders.

The protesting farmer unions, nonetheless, caught to their predominant demand of a whole repeal of the three legislations.

In a collection of tweets, Chidambaram mentioned that as anticipated, one other spherical of talks between the farmers and authorities has failed. The fault lies with the federal government as a result of it is not going to conform to do away with the disputed legal guidelines, the previous Union minister mentioned.

“RTI responses have exposed as a lie the government’s claim that there were extensive consultations before the Farm Laws Ordinances were promulgated. The truth is that no one was consulted. In particular, state governments were not consulted,” he alleged.

The solely manner out of the deadlock is for the federal government to confess its mistake and agree to begin on a clear slate, Chidambaram mentioned.

Thousands of farmers, principally from Haryana and Punjab, have been protesting at a number of border factors of Delhi since November 28 final yr, demanding a repeal of the three legal guidelines and a authorized assure to the minimal assist value (MSP) system for his or her crops.

Enacted in September final yr, the three legal guidelines have been projected by the Centre as main reforms within the agriculture sector that can take away middlemen and permit farmers to promote their produce anyplace within the nation.

However, the protesting farmers have expressed their apprehension that the brand new legal guidelines would pave the way in which for eliminating the protection cushion of the MSP and dispose of the “mandi” (wholesale market) system, leaving them on the mercy of huge corporates.