The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab faced a grilling in the State Assembly over the issue of guaranteed Minimum Support Price (MSP). Farmers from Punjab have been protesting over MSP at barricades leading to Delhi since February 13.
Opposition parties have accused the AAP of abandoning its pre-poll promise of providing MSP on crops to farmers. The Budget session which is to begin on March 1 will see the issue being raised vehemently by the Opposition parties. On February 22, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) demanded the MSP and assured marketing on 22 crops be legislated into a legal guarantee during the upcoming Assembly session.
“Giving MSP and assured marketing on 22 crops after forming the government was a guarantee given by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the run-up to the 2022 poll. If the Chief Minister brings legislation to make this a legal guarantee, the SAD will wholeheartedly support that legislation,” said SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
