P Chidambaram – Former Union Finance Minister:

By taking an inflexible position that the farm laws will not be repealed, the government has effectively aborted the talks before they can be resumed.

Government should heed the suggestion of the Supreme Court and keep the farm laws in abeyance during the period of the talks.

At the talks, the government must engage the farmers’ organisations without any pre-determined positions.

Assuming that there will be an agreement at the end of the talks, it is obvious that Parliament must repeal the old laws and new laws would have to be enacted.

Why does this simple truth escape the wise heads of the government?