CM went back on promise to procure maize at MSP, should resign: Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal president, demanded Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s resignation, citing failure to purchase maize at minimum support price (MSP) despite promises. Badal sought compensation for farmers’ losses through the ‘Bhavantar’ scheme, which hasn’t been implemented. Only 0.002% (114 quintal) of the 51 lakh quintal maize sold this year was purchased by government agencies, resulting in huge losses for farmers due to the AAP government’s abandonment.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday demanded chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann’s resignation, stating “the chief minister has failed farmers for the third time in a row by refusing to purchase maize crop on minimum support price (MSP) despite the promises made to them”.
He also demanded the Aam Aadmi Party government to compensate farmers for the losses suffered by them through the ‘Bhavantar’ scheme which was not being implemented in the State.
“All farmers who have sold their maize, moong and sunflower crops at rates less than the stated MSP should be compensated,” he added.
Speaking about the misery being afflicted on maize farmers currently, Badal said “out of 51 lakh quintal of maize sold this year, only 114 quintal (0.002 per cent) has been purchased by government agencies. He said the total abandonment of farmers at the hands of the AAP government had resulted in a nosedive in the price of maize and resulted in huge losses to farmers.
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