"Need Price Guarantee": Huge Farmers' Meet In UP To Keep Pressure On PM
NDTV
Those who attended the rally at Lucknow, the capital of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, were unanimous in asserting the need for a law on MSP.
A law to guarantee Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farm produce is a must, farmers gathered at a 'mahapanchayat' in Lucknow said today, days after their year-long protest forced the government to announce that three contentious farm laws will be rolled back.
While a decision on the future of the protest will be taken by top farmer leaders later this week, those who attended the rally at the capital of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh were unanimous in asserting the need for a law on MSP.
"MSP guarantee is a very important demand and it needs to be accepted. MSP and prices lower than it affect all, whether it is a poor farmer or a rich one," Rakesh Tikait, one of the most visible faces of the farmers' movement, told NDTV.
A farmer who said he had come from Shahjahanpur in central UP added, "We take our produce to the mandis, officials misbehave against us and do not buy it on MSP. If there is a law, then we will drag these officials to court and say, 'the law guarantees MSP, please give it to us'".
