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Vibha SharmaTribune News ServiceNew Delhi December 3The meeting between farmers' representatives and the Centre on Thursday failed to break the impasse but there was some movement forward. “How can we have government lunch when our fellow farmers are sitting on roads” remarked one of them. Refusing “sarkari lunch and tea” during the marathon seven-hour meeting at the Vigyan Bhawan here the union leaders demanded guaranteed MSP (minimum support price) for 23 crops. Besides Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Som Parkash participated in the talks. Besides they have only given us assurance (on amendments)” pointed out Shiv Kumar 'Kakkaji'..