P Chidambaram – Former Union Finance Minister:

As 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

RTI responses have exposed as a lie the government’s claim that there were extensive consultations before the Farm Laws Ordinances were promulgated

The truth is that no one was consulted. In particular, state governments were not consulted

The only way out of the impasse is for the government to admit its mistake and agree to start on a clean slate