msp: Centre planning to end MSP, govt procurement, food security for poor, alleges Sidhu

Reiterating that points associated to Minimal Help Value (MSP) are larger than the farm legal guidelines, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday alleged that Centre is planning to finish MSP, Public Distribution System (PDS), authorities procurement and meals safety for the poor.

The PCC chief additional claimed that small farmers want the Punjab authorities’s assist to guard them from “company takeover” by means of the “Punjab Mannequin”.

Taking to Twitter, Sidhu stated, “At this time, as we rejoice in our victory towards Centre’s three Black Legal guidelines… Our actual work has simply begun. The Centre’s sinister plan to finish MSP, finish meals safety for the poor, finish authorities procurement and finish PDS will proceed with out the farm legal guidelines, it will likely be now hidden and extra harmful.”

“Centre’s design to present Procurement, Storage and Retail to personal capital remains to be ongoing… No phrase by Centre for MSP legalisation, we’re again to June 2020, Small farmers want Punjab authorities’s assist to guard them from Company take over – Punjab Mannequin is the one means,” he tweeted.

He had earlier stated that if the Central authorities genuinely desires to fulfil its promise of doubling the farmers’ revenue then it ought to fulfil the demand for laws to ensure a remunerative MSP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier on Friday, introduced that the Centre will repeal the three farm legal guidelines and convey needed payments within the winter session of parliament starting later this month. Farmers have been protesting on the borders of Delhi towards the three farm legal guidelines.