Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu today alleged that the centre is planning to end MSP, Public Distribution System (PDS), government procurement and food security for the poor. Reiterating that issues related to Minimum Support Price (MSP) are bigger than the farm laws.
Taking to Twitter, Mr Sidhu said, “Today, as we rejoice in our victory against Centre’s three Black Laws… Our real work has just begun. The Centre’s sinister plan to end MSP, end food security for the poor, end government procurement and end PDS will continue without the farm laws, it will be now hidden and more dangerous.”
“Centre’s design to give Procurement, Storage and Retail to private capital is still ongoing… No word by Centre for MSP legalisation, we are back to June 2020, Small farmers need Punjab government’s support to protect them from Corporate take over – Punjab Model is the only way,” he tweeted.
He had earlier said that if the central government genuinely wants to fulfil its promise of doubling the farmers’ income then it should fulfil the demand for legislation to guarantee a remunerative MSP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year, and appealed them to return home.
In his address to the nation on the auspicious occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Prime Minister Modi insisted that the laws were in the benefit of farmers and then apologized to people of the country while adding that the government could not convince a section of farmers despite its clear heart and clean conscience.
“I have come to tell you that we have decided to repeal the three farm laws. In the upcoming Parliament session starting at the end of this month, we will complete the constitutional process to repeal the three farm laws,” PM Modi said.
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