Samyukt Kisan Morcha Convener Yogendra Yadav on Monday joined farmers in protesting outside the office of Mysuru MP Pratap Simha here on Monday to demand Minimum Support Price (MSP) which Mr. Yadav claimed that the farmers across the nation were not getting though announced by the Centre.
As a part of nationwide agitation launched by farmers in support of the MSP for their produce, farmers from Mysuru dumped harvested paddy and ragi in front of the MP’s office in Jaladarshini, to explain their plight of not getting the scientific price for their produce and demand MSP as announced.
Addressing the farmers, Mr. Yadav said Prime Minister Narendra Modi says MSP is already there and will remain forever but why is it not available to farmers when it is there on paper. “Show us an example of a farmer getting MSP. For paddy, the MSP is ₹1,940 a quintal but farmers are getting ₹1,400 to 1,600 a quintal. In the case of ragi, the most nutritious food on earth, the MSP is ₹3,377 a quintal but are getting ₹1,900 quintal. But the M.S. Swaminathan Committee had recommended an MSP of ₹2,500 for paddy and ₹4,500 for ragi,” he said.
