'Is Bharat Ratna to Swaminathan ploy to conceal Centre's anti-farmer stance?'

The Nationalist Congress PartySharadchandra Pawar has claimed the Narendra Modi government bestowed the Bharat Ratna on eminent agricultural scientist late Dr MS Swaminathan to divert attention from its antifarmer stance reported news agency PTIOne of the main demands of the farm outfits protesting currently is the implementation of the Minimum Support Price MSP mechanism based on the formula of Swaminathan but the Centre was unwilling to implement it Sharad Pawar group spokesperson Clyde Crasto said on SundayIt is more than two weeks since the current farmers protest started The farmers have been stopped by the government from entering Delhi and placing their demands They protested in 202021 too and after many lives were lost the government took back the three farm laws as demanded by the farmers Sharad Pawar group spokesperson Clyde Crasto said in a statement reported PTIThe Union governments move to give Bharat Ratna the countrys highest civilian award to Swaminathan was to divert the attention from its antifarmer stance he claimed reported PTIIf the BJP truly believes in the move to give the Bharat Ratna to Swaminathan then it should also implement his MSP formula for the welfare of farmers Crasto added reported PTIMeanwhile Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar MP Supriya Sule expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court for allowing them to get a new party name and symbol after the Election Commission decided to give the partys original name NCP and its clock symbol to the Ajit Pawarled faction reported ANISupriya Sule said she thanked the Supreme Court for being kind and fair to them reported ANIThis is a democratic country It is our right to have a party and a symbol The party was formed by Sharad Pawar and was taken away from him We went to the court I thank the Supreme Court for being kind and very fair I also thank the Election Commission said Supriya Sule reported ANINationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday launched his partys new symbol man blowing turha from Chhatrapati Shivajis Raigad FortPawar was carried on a palanquin up the Raigad Fort Recently the Election Commission of India allotted the new symbol of man blowing turha to the party after deciding to give the partys original name NCP and its clock symbol to the Ajit Pawarled factionThe symbol of Sharad Pawars new party shows a man blowing a long curved trumpetlike instrument in the shape of a reverse C decorated with a thread or string The turha is also pronounced and written as turhi turahi or turturi and varies somewhat in form across regions in MaharashtraWith inputs from PTI and ANI