Representatives of farmers, who met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railways, Commerce and Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash at the Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital for the fourth round of talks amid the ongoing protest, refused to accept food or tea offered to them by the government during the lunch break.
According to news agency ANI, a farmer leader said, "We are not accepting food or tea offered by the government. We have brought our own food".
A video showed the representatives of farmer unions collecting food from a large table.
"They offered us food, we denied and are having our langar, which we have brought with us," NDTV quoted a farmer leader as saying.
The government had said the meeting started in the afternoon and discussions are being held in a cordial atmosphere.
Meanwhile, the police on Thursday closed routes on two national highways connecting Ghaziabad to Delhi as farmers stayed put at the national capital's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The protesting farmers had on Wednesday threatened to block other roads of Delhi if their demands were not met.
"The local police have closed the routes on NH-9 and NH-24 from Ghaziabad to Delhi. On NH-1, both sides of the route have been closed near Shani Mandir," the Delhi Traffic Police tweeted.
—With PTI inputs
