Madhya Pradesh Prime Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approached protesting farmers stationed at the Singhu border near Delhi, stressing that the minimum price support for crops will not be diluted and urging farmers to be flexible in their approach and maintain dialogue with the government.
“The MSP will not end, it will not end, it will not end,” the prime minister said while speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who took office as Prime Minister of Madhya Pradesh for the fourth time in March, advised farmers to hold dialogue for a resolution.
“The government is ready for dialogue, [farmers] We must not give up dialogue, lachila rukh apnana chahiye (the approach should be flexible), ”said the CM.
Farmers who rejected the Center’s amended proposal have now vowed to intensify their protests by blocking the highway from the capital to Agra and Jaipur by December 12 and holding a nationwide dharna two days later. They seek the repeal of the new agricultural laws, which they say aim to benefit companies by weakening the mandi system and the minimum support price (MSP) regime for the acquisition of agricultural products.
“Jidd will not solve it, charcha yes (stubbornness will not help, dialogue will)”, reiterated CM Chouhan.
Earlier today, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged farmers union leaders to consider the proposals being sent to them to break out of the protest stalemate and said the government is ready to continue talking to them at any time. moment.
When asked if the government would consider a new bill on the MSP system, the minister said that the new laws do not affect the MSP system and will continue.
“The government is ready to consider with an open mind any provision in the new laws where farmers have a problem and we want to clear up all their apprehensions,” Tomar was quoted as saying by the PTI news agency.
“We continue to wait for suggestions from farmer leaders to address their concerns, but they are stuck in repealing the laws,” he said, while practically ruling out giving in to the key demand that thousands of farmers are protesting against.
The government fad on Wednesday proposed to give a “written guarantee” that the existing Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime for acquisitions will continue. However, the farmers’ unions rejected the proposal.
The government has also proposed making necessary amendments on at least seven issues, including one to allay fears about the weakening of the mandi system.
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