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Amid tension, fresh talks between Centre and farmers begin

New Delhi: In their seventh attempt to end the logjam over the three farm laws, ministers representing the central government and 40 farm union leaders are set to hold talks in Delhi on Monday. Two key demands of the farmers are expected to be on the table for consideration by the government.

Upping the ante, Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the platform of farm unions, has said that thousands of farmers will drive into the Capital on their tractors to hold their own Republic Day parade if their demands are not met by January 26. The Republic Day – an event of global importance – is scheduled to be attended by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Meanwhile, a 70-year-old farmer, who was part of the agitation against the farm laws at UP Gate in Ghaziabad, allegedly died by suicide in a portable toilet near the protest site on Saturday. Forty-seven people have died so far at various protest sites since the farmers began their agitation against three contentious farm laws passed by Parliament in September last year, national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union Rakesh Tikait has said.

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