Image Source : PTI BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, farmers and supporters attend a ‘Mahapanchayat’, organised by Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in Bhiwani district
Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) within the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait stated, “They (Centre) are complicating the matter, when did we say that the MSP system is ending, we only want a law on it.”
It has been over two months because the farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders towards the three farm legal guidelines enacted by the Centre. Modi has appealed to the farmers to finish the agitation.
The Prime Minister instructed the Rajya Sabha that the MSP shouldn’t be going to finish and there may be an emphasis to modernise the mandi system.
Speaking on the farmers’ agitation, Modi stated many issues had been mentioned in regards to the farmers’ motion, however everyone seems to be silent on the primary difficulty of it.
The PM stated, “I assure the Upper House that the mandis would be modernised. The MSP was, is and will always be in place. More than 80 crore people will continue to get ration at cheap rates. Our Union Agriculture Minister (Narendra Singh Tomar) has discussed it very well.”
Responding to PM Modi’s assertion, Tikait stated, “We never said that the MSP is going to end rather we want a law on it. The law on MSP will only benefit the farmers. Due to the lack of law on MSP, the traders purchase the produce at half the rate.”
The BKU spokesperson stated, “Initially, the protest was tagged as a protest of Punjab then it was tagged as Jat and Sikh protest. This is a farmers’ protest and all the farmers of the country are united and same. None of them are big or small.”
“The price of produce can’t be fixed as per the demand. We won’t let people trade on the interests of the farmers,” he added.
On Modi’s attraction to finish the agitation, Tikait stated, “If the government wants to hold a discussion, we are ready for it. The government will have to talk to our committee.”
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