Mandi, MSP system will end if laws implemented: Harish Rawat
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Mandi, MSP system will end if laws implemented: Harish Rawat
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All-India Congress Committee general secretary and state affairs in charge Harish Rawat today alleged the Narendra Modi government was hell-bent on making farmers and agricultural labourers slaves of the corporates.Speaking during a tractor rally, which was carried out from Nakodar to Talwan, against the farm laws, Rawat said if the laws were allowed to be implemented, the mandi and MSP systems would collapse. He said the minimum support price, mandis and assured procurement had provided food security to the nation and financial security to farmers, but the Modi government was out to destroy this system. He said the BJP government wanted to leave the poor at the mercy of the corporates.Earlier, Rawat received a rousing welcome by Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, Phillaur Assembly constituency in charge Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary and party workers as he entered Jalandhar district. The leaders and supporters greeted him at the Sutlej Bridge and accompanied him in a convoy to Nakodar. En route, he stopped at Nurmahal road Ganna Pind and Partabpura villages.Chaudhary said Rawat’s visit would boost the morale of party workers and farmers who have been protesting against the laws for months. Ex-MLA Jagbir Singh Brar said the farmers were already under debt and the BJP government was making their life further difficult.
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The Tribune
Date
2020-11-11
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Jalandhar