Make MSP a legal right: Congress to Centre
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Make MSP a legal right: Congress to Centre
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Terming the three agriculture laws a grave mistake by the Central Government, two senior Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo today demanded that the MSP be made a legal right to prevent private corporations from purchasing agricultural goods below this price.Partap Singh Bajwa, Congress MP‘Can’t trust NDA’How can we tust the NDA government when they have even refused to pay the state almost Rs 7,000 crore in GST compensation. Urging all to unite for the repeal of the “draconian laws” against farmers, they said: “Today is the 113th birth anniversary of great martyr Shaheed Bhagat Singh and on this day we believe it is important to reiterate our support for our protesting farmers who were braving the heat and the Covid-19 pandemic.” They added: “The farmers of Punjab and Haryana have ensured India became the food surplus nation. The Centre has forgotten their sacrifices.” — TNS
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The Tribune
Date
2020-09-29
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Amritsar