The Hindu Business Line : Govt to hold talks with party leaders on cane pricing

NEW DELHI: With Opposition parties stalling Parliament for the second day on Friday, the Government has decided to hold discussions with the leaders of some political parties to sort out the problem over the new sugarcane pricing policy.

The leader of the Opposition, Mr L.K. Advani, the Samajwadi Party chief, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, and the RLD chief, Mr Ajit Singh, are among the leaders expected to attend the meeting on Friday with the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who is also the Leader of the Lok Sabha.

Before the meeting, Mr Mukherjee will also hold discussions with the UPA leaders on the sugarcane pricing policy issue, which has united the entire Opposition.

Earlier in the day, the Finance Minister held consultations with several of his Cabinet colleagues, including the Law Minister, Mr M. Veerappa Moily, amid talk that the Government was contemplating some changes in the Sugarcane Control Ordinance which ha s been the cause of the protests by farmers.

The Government has already invited the leaders of all political parties for a breakfast meeting on Monday in a bid to hammer out a solution on the issue. — PTI

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