Punjab must ensure MSP on oilseeds, lentils: Navjot Sidhu

Chandigarh, March 4 Former Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu today “reminded” his own government to exercise its democratic power to legislate laws to ensure minimum support price (MSP) on oilseeds, lentils and other crops so as to encourage farmers get...

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Updated At : 12:29 PM Mar 05, 2021 IST

Chandigarh, March 4

Former Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu today “reminded” his own government to exercise its democratic power to legislate laws to ensure minimum support price (MSP) on oilseeds, lentils and other crops so as to encourage farmers get out of the “wheat-rice cycle” that get MSP from the Centre.

Addressing his first formal press conference after exiting from the Cabinet in 2019, Sidhu said, “The state has enough grounds to completely deny the implementation of the ‘black’ laws in Punjab. We should make new laws to uplift the farmers.” — TNS