Today in Politics: Centre to hold talks with protesting farmers in Chandigarh

He said that Dallewal will try to participate in the meeting but he is not keeping well. “Dallewal wants to attend the meeting to put forth farmers’ demands before the Centre,” Kohar said.

Dallewal, who is the convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), has been on an indefinite hunger strike at the Khanauri border point since November 26 last year in support of various demands including a legal guarantee to minimum support price for crops.

On January 18, a delegation of senior officials from the Union Agriculture Ministry, led by joint secretary Priya Ranjan, invited the representatives of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha for a meeting to discuss their demands on February 14 in Chandigarh.

Following the invitation to the meeting, Dallewal had agreed to take medical aid but refused to end his indefinite fast.

Four rounds of meetings had taken place between the Central ministers and protesting farmers on February 8, 12, 15 and 18 last year, but talks had remained inconclusive.

President Murmu in Karnataka

President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit of Karnataka and Jharkhand from Friday, according to an official statement.

She will grace the inaugural session of the 10th International Women’s Conference being organised by the Art of Living at Bengaluru on Friday, it said. “On February 15, the president will address the platinum jubilee celebration of the BIT Mesra at Ranchi,” said the statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.

Orientation programme for Haryana MLAs

A two-day orientation programme for the members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly will begin on February 14, an official statement said on Tuesday.

The programme will be organised under the guidance of State Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan, it said. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be the chief guest at the programme, it added.

“Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will be the special guest and Legislative Assembly Speakers of various states will be present on the occasion,” the statement said.

The training of MLAs will be held in the House of the Legislative Assembly and special arrangements are being made, the statement said. “A team of the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies will train the MLAs on various subjects,” it added.

— With PTI inputs