Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the INDIA bloc will put pressure on the government and ensure that the farmers get a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP).
His remarks came after he met with a 12-member delegation of farmer leaders from different states, who apprised him of different issues they have been facing.
The delegation of farmer leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka apprised Gandhi of the issues being faced by the tillers.
“In our manifesto, we had mentioned MSP with a legal guarantee. We have done the assessment, and it can be implemented. We had a meeting right now where we decided that we will talk to the other leaders of the INDIA alliance to put pressure on the government to give legal guarantee on MSP to the farmers of the country,” Gandhi said after the meeting.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Congress leaders Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Dharamvir Gandhi, Amar Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda and Jai Prakash were also present in the meeting.
Sources told PTI that the farmer leaders apprised Gandhi of the issues being faced by farmers in their respective states.
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