Why Modi govt running away from giving legal guarantee of MSP: Congress

Hitting out at the Centre over the farmers protests the Congress on Wednesday asked why it is running away from giving legal guarantee on MSP despite repeated promises and claimed the farmers have lost faith in the Modi governmentCongress leader Rahul Gandhi also spoke with a farmer injured in police action during a protest march and accused the Modi government of having a dictatorial attitude towards the countrys food providersIn a post in Hindi on X Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked why the Modi government is running away from giving legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price for crops despite repeated promisesIn 2011 Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister and chairman of a working group had submitted a report to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which said that In order to protect the interest of the farmers we must ensure through legal provisions that no transaction between farmer and trader should be done below MSP he saidIn many of his speeches and election rallies during the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign Modi had promised that all crops would be purchased at MSP which would cover all costs and 50 per cent margin as per the Swaminathan Committee formula Ramesh saidBut till date there is neither legal guarantee of MSP nor is it based on the Swaminathan formula of C25037 he saidRamesh said that according to the Swaminathan Commission the MSP of wheat should be Rs 2478 per quintal which is only Rs 2275 per quintal currently Similarly the MSP of paddy is only Rs 2183 per quintal instead of Rs 2866 per quintal he saidModi ji why didnt you implement the findings of your own 2011 report Why did you lie to the farmers by repeatedly promising MSP Today the farmers of India have lost faith in the Modi government It is only Congress Partys Kisaan Nyay Guarantee that will give legal guarantee of MSP to farmers based on the Swaminathan formula Ramesh assertedIn a post in Hindi on his WhatsApp channel Gandhi said Talked on phone to former soldier Gurmeet Singh ji who was seriously injured in police atrocities during the farmers movementEquired about his health and expressed support to him for their peaceful movement demanding their rights the former Congress chief saidHe is a youth as well as a farmer instead of hailing him this dictatorial attitude of the Modi government towards the countrys protector and food provider is putting democracy to shame Gandhi saidWhen the Congress leader asked Singh about the injuries he replied that he was wounded in hands and near his eyeFarmers on Tuesday had clashed with the Haryana Police at two border points between the states facing tear gas and water cannons as they tried to break past barricades blocking their protest march to the national capitalFarmer leaders on Tuesday blamed the Centre for the attack on protesters marching towards Delhi and claimed that 60 of them were injured as police used tear gas shells at PunjabHaryana border pointsTwentyfour police personnel including a deputy superintendent of police were injured as protesters hurled stones at them officials saidThe Congress on Tuesday condemned the BJP governments at the Centre and in states for stopping protesting farmers from marching to Delhi and promised to fulfil their key demand of a law guaranteeing MSP for various crops once the INDIA bloc comes to powerSupporting the farmers agitation the opposition party asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to directly talk to them and provide justiceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever