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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday demanded that the Centre bring in a law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for crops to protect the interest of farmers in the country. In Mumbai to participate in a 'kisan mahapanchayat' (farmers' mega conclave) at the Azad Maidan under the Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha (SSKM) banner, Tikait said Prime

All farm-related issues including the demand for all crop Minimum Support Price (MSP), implementation of Swaminathan report, unemployment, and other issues will be discussed in 'Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat' which is scheduled to be held in Mumbai on Sunday (November 28), Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait told news agency ANI.

Terming them "not correct or inadequate responses", the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said that Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomars comments that a Committee to deliberate on the issues of crop diversification, zero-budget ...

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will introduce the bill in the house, which was approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday in Lok Sabha.

The Bharatiya Kisan Union leader accuses the Modi-led central government of running away from a debate over the issue

Rakesh Tikait said the Centre must bring a law to guarantee the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops to protect farmers' interests in the country.

In a snipe attack at the Modi-led government at the mahapanchayat at Mumbais Azad Maidan, Tikait reminded that Republic day is not far and that 4 lakh farmers are all at the borders.

The kisan mahapanchayat has called for the defeat of BJP in all the upcoming assembly elections and vowed to continue the fight for the MSP law for crops.

A year after farmers' unions launched their protest against the Centre's three farm laws, the laws are dead. However, the farmers have stayed put at their protest sites at Delhi's borders, pushing for their remaining demands.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that it is not possible to draft a law guaranteeing the minimum support price (MSP) to farmers as it would put pressure on the government to buy their produce in case nobody else does.