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Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: The 'Delhi Chalo' farmers' protest at border points in New Delhi has entered the 10th day. The Centre and the leaders of protesting farmers' groups are holding another round of talks today. The second round of talks on December 3 had failed to provide a Cbreakthrough. The first meeting between three union ministers Piyush Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar and Som Prakash, and farmer groups had also ended in a stalemate on December 1. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)'s Lakhowal faction has called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on December 8 (Tuesday) to protest against the contentious laws. The nationwide strike is being backed by the Left parties. Leaders of farmer unions have so far rejected the Centre's offer of setting up a new committee to look into issues raised by agitating farmers. They also said that the protest will continue until their demands are met and the contentious laws are scrapped. Farmers say that they fear that the new farm laws will dismantle the minimum support price (MSP) system and corporatise farming.
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|Chilla border on Noida link road is closed for traffic from Noida to Delhi due to farmers protests near Gautam Budh Dwar. People are advised to avoid Noida link road for coming to Delhi and use DND: Delhi Traffic Police
| Cases registered against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav & 18 others as well as 500 unidentified people for holding a protest without permission for protesting against the farm laws, outside Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
FIRS have been registered under multiple sections of IPC and Epidemic Diseases Act. (ANI)
|I want to assure farmers that Modi govt was fully committed to you, & will remain so in future. Under PM Modi's leadership, several agricultural schemes have been implemented. Budget & MSP has also increased: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
|We wanted some firm suggestions from farmer leaders, but couldn't get those, says Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
| After the conclusion of the fifth round of talks, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar request farmer unions to send elderly, women and children back to their homes from protest due to cold weather. "I thank unions for maintaining discipline in their agitation; We are hopeful of resolution with their cooperation." he said.
|I want to assure farmers that Modi govt remains committed to farmers' interests and will remain so: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
|Government has assured farmers that procurement at minimum support price will continue. We request farmers to stop the protests & come on the discussion tables, says Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
| Government is ready to strengthen theAPMC, says Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. "We don't intend to affect the mandi in the states, they are not affected by the law either," he said, adding that if anyone has a misconception about APMC the government is ready to clarify the same.
|We have said that the MSP will continue, there is no threat to it. It is baseless to doubt this. Still, if someone is suspicious then the government is ready to resolve it: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
