Centre should give legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price for crops, says Meghalaya governor

Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday said that he will take the onus of convincing farmers to “leave the issue” of three agricultural laws if the Centre gives legal guarantee of the Minimum Support Price for crops, The Indian Express reported.

“They [farmers] should have the guarantee of minimum support price,” the governor said while addressing reporters in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district. “They will be ruined if it is not there. They won’t do any agreement less than that.”

The Minimum Support Price is the guaranteed amount paid to farmers when the government buys their produce. The farmers fear that the government plans to dismantle the Minimum Support Price regime under the guise of reforming the agricultural sector.

“The farmers can leave the issue of the three bills because the Supreme Court has put it on hold,” he said. “There is only one thing, you are not even doing that. Why? Without MSP nothing will happen.”

Malik also said that the Centre should have asked Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra to resign from his post after the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, PTI reported.

“It is completely wrong,” Malik said. “Resignation of the minister should have been sought the day Lakhimpur Kheri incident took place. Otherwise too, he doesn’t deserve to be a…

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