Open for talks to any farmers’ group, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan
3 months ago

Open for talks to any farmers’ group, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the answer to farmers’ issues was dialogue, for which he would start an initiative named Samvad Se Samadhan to interact with farm organisations directly. Union minister for agriculture and farmers welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan addresses a press conference on achievements of the ministry in the first 100 days of the government on Sept 19 The minister said he would set aside the first half of every Tuesday for meetings with farmers, who can sit across the table with prior notice. But I have decided that every Tuesday from morning till lunch will be the time to meet farmers and farmers’ organisations,” Chouhan told reporters. Once an appointment is fixed, “we will talk to whoever and whichever organisation comes”, the minister said, in what appears to be a gesture also aimed at farmers’ groups protesting for a legal guarantee on floor prices for farm produce.

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