Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, met farmer leaders on Wednesday at the Parliament. A 12-member farmer leaders delegation had reached Gandhi’s office in the Parliament House. The farmer leaders also reportedly requested to introduce a private member bill to address their longstanding demands. In a related development, leaders from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha announced their plans to burn effigies of the Modi government nationwide and launch a fresh protest to push for the legalisation of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) guarantee. This protest will include a “long march” to support the Opposition’s private bills.
“In our manifesto, we have mentioned MSP with a legal guarantee. We have done the assessment and it can be implemented. We had a meeting right now where were decided that we will talk to the other leader of the I.N.D.I.A alliance to put pressure on the Govt that MSP legal guarantee should be given to the farmers of the country,” Gandhi said after meeting farmer leaders.
