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If all crops produced in India are brought under the minimum support price (MSP) regime, the Centre would have to spend Rs 40 lakh crore on procuring them. The entire expenditure budget of the country for the upcoming financial year is Rs 45 lakh crore

'Dilli Chalo' farmers' protest: At a rally in Chhattisgarh, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi said their party would provide legal guarantee to MSP for crops as per the Swaminathan report after coming to power, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) governments in Punjab and Delhi stood firmly with the farmers

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from his position as the partys national general secretary on Tuesday, stating his intention to continue working to strengthen the SP without holding any official post. Maurya, 70, addressed a letter to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav regarding his decision, emphasizing his commitment to the party despite stepping down from his role.

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came out in support of farmers protest in North India and gave a guarantee of assuring legal guarantee of MSP for crops if voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2024. He said he wanted to make sure farmers are guaranteed a fair price for their crops by law. These protests are happening mostly near Punjab and Haryana borders. 

In tonights special edition of DNA, Zee News will delve into the intricacies of the ongoing farmers protests, aiming to uncover the true motivations fueling this renewed agitation.

Several farmer associations have begun a protest to demand a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP), one of the conditions they had set when they agreed to withdraw their agitation against the now-repealed farm laws in 2021. They are also seeking implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police cases and 'justice' for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence

Party general secretary Randeep Surjewala said the Congress supports the farmers’ agitation and questioned why authorities were resorting to ”dictatorial” behaviour by putting up barricades and converting Delhi into a ”police cantonment”

The Laurel Police Department continues to investigate a weekend shooting that injured 3 and left over 50 spent casings scattered at the scene.

Despite Yadav's refusal, leaders from various parties, including the BJP, Apna Dal Sonelal, Nishad Party, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, RLD, Congress, JDL, and BSP have accepted the invitation

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