Farmers unions shun govt hospitality
Farm talks deadlocked, next round on Saturday
Talks between the government and a representative group of thousands of agitating farmers failed to yield a resolution on Thursday, as the union leaders stuck to their demand for repealing the new farm laws and even refused the lunch, tea and water offered to them during the nearly eight-hour-long parley. On its part, the government, represented by three Union ministers, assured the group of nearly 40 farmer leaders that all their valid concerns would be addressed. But the other side flagged several loopholes and deficienci...
