Navjot Sidhu said the “Punjab Model” to support farmers is the only way. File
Chandigarh:
Recalling that the issues related to Minimum Support Price (MSP) are bigger than agricultural law, Punjab Parliament Speaker Navjot Singh Sidhu today alleged that the center is planning to terminate the MSP, Distribution System. public procurement (PDS), government procurement and food security for the poor. .
The head of PCC further stated that smallholder farmers need the support of the Punjab government to protect them from “corporate takeover” through the “Punjab Model”.
Sharing on Twitter, Mr. Sidhu said, “Today, as we celebrate the Center’s victory against the three Black Laws… Our real work has just begun. The Center’s sinister plan aims to ending MSP, ending food security for the poor, ending government procurement and ending PDS will continue without farm law, it will be more hidden and dangerous.”
Today, as we rejoice in our victory against the Center’s three Black Laws… Our real work has only just begun, the Center’s sinister plan to end MSP, end Food Security for the poor, end government procurement and end PDS will continue without agricultural law, now it will be hidden and more dangerous 1/2
– Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) November 21, 2021
“The Center’s design to provide Procurement, Storage and Retail services for private equity is still in progress… No word from the Center to legalize MSP, we went back in. June 2020 smallholder farmers need Punjab government support to protect them from Company takeover – Punjab model is the only way,” he tweeted.
He had previously said that if the central government really wanted to fulfill its promise of doubling farmers’ incomes, it should meet the legal requirement to secure a remunerated MSP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier on Friday, announced that the Center would repeal three agricultural laws and introduce the necessary bills during the winter session of parliament starting later this month. Farmers protested at the Delhi border against three agricultural laws.
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