Farmers Movement Archive

Govt. must introduce MSP law: Tikait

The BJP-led Central Government must bring a law to guarantee Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops to protect the interests of farmers in the country, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday. Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had advocated MSP while he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Tikait said Mr. Modi at the time had sought a nationwide law to ensure that farmers’ interests were guaranteed. However, the Centre today was deliberately skirting a debate on the issue, he said. Mr. Tikait was in Mumbai to participate in a ‘ Kisan Mahapanchayat ’ held in the city’s Azad Maidan under the umbrella of the Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha (SSKM). “The Centre should bring a law to guarantee MSP to farmers. There are several issues related to the agriculture and labour sectors that need attention and we will travel all over the country to highlight them,” said Mr. Tikait. The farmer leader further demanded that financial aid be given to the kin of farmers who died during the protests against the three agriculture laws. The Prime Minister recently announced that the laws would be repealed. Mr. Tikait, who was in Hyderabad earlier this week, had said that the onus lied on every Government in the country to come to the aid of the kin of the 750-odd farmers who lost their lives agitating against the three laws.

The Hindu

2021-11-29

Pune