New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar invited the agitating farmers on Tuesday to discuss the stalemate of new farm laws. The Minister came after consultations among senior BJP leaders over ways to reach farmer leaders in order to end the stalemate.

Home Minister Amit Shah reached out a fresh to farmer leaders two days after he spoke BKU President Joginder Singh Ugrahan, BKU (Ekta Dakunda) President Buta Singh Burjgill received a call from Shah asking farm organizations to begin talks with no conditions.

Burjgill said that the organizations were waiting for a formal return invitation. I had got a call from Amit Shah, who asked to come for a meeting without putting any conditions and asked me to convey this to all the farmer organizations. As conditions were put before holding the meeting earlier, we had rejected it, said Burjgill.

We have now decided to attend the meeting after we get a return invitation, he said. Former Punjab Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani of BJP, who facilitated the phone calls, said a fresh invitation could help end the impasse.

Earlier in the day, addressing the media at Delhi’s Singhu border, farmer leaders refused to go back, clarified that their demands were non-negotiable and responding to PM Narendra Modi’s comments, said their Mann Ki Baat should also be heard. We are ready for ‘Aar Paar ki Ladai’ and won’t give up unless our demands are heard unconditionally. We will not go back and decide our future course of action by tomorrow.

Farmers have been waiting for the past four days to convey their Mann Ki Baat and the PM should come forward to hear them, said Jagmohan Singh, General Secretary of BKU Dakunda.