Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said that he would soon meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek his personal intervention for ensuring remunerative minimum support price (MSP) to the farmers for their produce.
“Due to escalating cost of farming inputs and excessive centralisation of policies by the Centre, agriculture is no longer a profitable venture,” rued Badal, while interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of a function to pay tribute to former head of Damdami Taksal Sant Kartar Singh Bhindranwale.
He said that the net result of such regressive policies of the successive Union governments was that hard working and resilient farmers of the country, who had played a key role in ensuring food security in India, were on the verge of economic disaster.
Badal categorically said: “The ongoing agrarian crisis in the country could jeopardize nation’s food security if timely action is not taken by the Centre.”
“I would soon meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urge him to take immediate steps for evolving a mechanism so that the farmers of the country could be provided remunerative MSP… This important issue is a part of BJP’s manifesto for recently concluded general elections, so it is imperative for the NDA Government to take necessary action in this regard,” said Badal. He said: “I am confident that a visionary and dynamic leader like Modi will take the necessary action for ensuring the welfare of the food growers of the country.”