Week's gap before next meeting with farmers shows Centre's insensitivity: Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot slammed the Centre for scheduling the next meeting with agitation farmer leaders. Gehlot expressed hope that the Supreme Court will hear the matter soon and decide on it.

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed the Centre for scheduling the next meeting with agitation farmer leaders after a gap of a week and said it shows the height of its insensitivity.

Gehlot's comments came after Friday's meeting between the Centre and the farmers' leaders failed to yield any result.

• There is no outcome of 8 meetings between the central government and farmers. The farmers have been sitting in the cold for 45 days. Despite this, Central govt. is taking 7 days for the next meeting. This shows the culmination of the insensitivity of Modi Government.
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  There is no outcome of 8 meetings between the central government and farmers. The farmers have been sitting in the cold for 45 days. Despite this, Central govt. is taking 7 days for the next meeting. This shows the culmination of the insensitivity of Modi Government.
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  — Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) January 8, 2021

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  There is no outcome of 8 meetings between the central government and farmers. The farmers have been sitting in the cold for 45 days. Despite this, Central govt. is taking 7 days for the next meeting. This shows the culmination of the insensitivity of Modi Government.
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  — Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) January 8, 2021

The next meeting has been fixed for January 15, amid indications that any headway will now depend on a Supreme Court hearing scheduled for January 11 on a batch of petitions related to the protest.

• I hope that the Supreme Court will soon hear this case and give the judgment so that justice can be done to the farmers.
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  I hope that the Supreme Court will soon hear this case and give the judgment so that justice can be done to the farmers.
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  — Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) January 8, 2021

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  I hope that the Supreme Court will soon hear this case and give the judgment so that justice can be done to the farmers.
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  — Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) January 8, 2021

Gehlot expressed hope that the Supreme Court will hear the matter soon and decide on it.

"Farmers have been sitting on the road in the cold for 45 days. Despite this, the Union government has taken seven days for the next meeting. This shows the height of the Modi government's insensitivity," Gehlot said.

I hope that the Supreme Court will hear the matter soon and decide so that justice can be done to farmers, he added.

With inputs from agency