On Monday, the reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks in the Rajya Sabha by the Prime Minister will be keenly watched for possible cues of the course of action of the GOI in the ongoing farmers’ agitation.

His reply in the Lok Sabha on the contentious farm-laws is likely to take place on Tuesday.

Sources linked with BJP stated, “The plank of the international conspiracy against the country gives the BJP enough talking points in the election-bound states. That may play out in the reply to the motion of thanks by the PM.”  The comment came in the backdrop of the huge Twitter storm created by the concerns shown by international celebrities over the farmers’ protests.

While the government has said that it is open to discussions, the farmers’ unions have asserted that the talks could resume only when the cases filed by the police for the Republic Day violence are withdrawn.

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At the same time, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in his intervention during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks in the Rajya Sabha dropped enough hints of the government not yielding to the demands of the repeal of the laws. Many observers in the intelligentsia and the non-BJP parties have stated that this betrays the profound ignorance of the GOI to the plights and the resultant anger among the farming community.

The GOI has also been castigated by many for demeaning the farmers as terrorists and Khalistanis, supported by loud-mouthed people like Kangana Ranaut acting as mouth-piece for the government.

The Lok Sabha is yet to see discussion on the motion of thanks due to the unrelenting protests by the Opposition, particularly the Congress, which has been insisting on a separate discussion on the farmers’ protests.

On Sunday, Tomar said that the ongoing farmers’ protests against the Centre’s three new farm laws are limited to a certain area and expressed hope to break the deadlock over the issue soon.