{"id":330282,"date":"2021-01-16T07:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T07:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330282"},"modified":"2021-01-16T07:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T07:44:43","slug":"fault-lies-with-government-as-it-will-not-agree-to-get-rid-of-disputed-laws-p-chidambaram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/fault-lies-with-government-as-it-will-not-agree-to-get-rid-of-disputed-laws-p-chidambaram\/","title":{"rendered":"Fault lies with government as it will not agree to get rid of disputed laws: P Chidambaram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322032 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chidambaram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/chidambaram.jpg 456w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/chidambaram-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/chidambaram-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/>Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the fault lies with the government as it will not agree to get rid of the disputed laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">His remarks came after ninth rounds of talks between Centre and farmers ended inconclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He said as expected the talks failed, and it is the government which is to be blamed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAs expected, another round of talks between the farmers and government has failed The fault lies with the government because it will not agree to get rid of the disputed laws,\u201d Chidambaram tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cRTI responses have exposed as a lie the government\u2019s claim that there were extensive consultations before the Farm Laws Ordinances were promulgated,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe truth is that no one was consulted. In particular, state governments were not consulted,\u201d the former finance minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe only way out of the impasse is for the government to admit its mistake and agree to start on a clean slate,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The ninth round of talks between the Central government and the agitating farmers ended inconclusively on Friday. During the meeting, protesting farmer unions stuck to their demand for the repeal of three contentious farm laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This was the first meeting between the two sides after the Supreme Court order on January 12, which stayed the implementation of the three farm laws. The Court also formed a four-member committee to find a solution to the matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Thursday, farmer leader Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four members of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, had recused himself from the panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the three farm laws on the borders of Delhi since November 26.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the fault lies with the government as it will not agree to get rid of the disputed laws. His remarks came after ninth rounds of talks between Centre and farmers ended inconclusive. 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