Punjab should procure all crops at MSP: Saini

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that all crops of farmers in Haryana are being procured at minimum support price (MSP) and the Punjab government should also come forward and announce that the produce of farmers in the AAP-ruled state will be purchased at MSP.

- Press Trust of India

CHANDIGARH:

Interacting with reporters here on the sidelines of a handicraft exhibition, Saini said the works done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the past ten years for farmers' benefit are "historic".

He was asked a question about Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is sitting on fast-unto-death, and has also written an open letter to Prime Minister Modi in which he said that MSP to every farmer is like the fundamental right to live.

"Punjab government should also take a decision to procure crops of farmers at MSP. They should not have a problem in this. When farmers of Punjab are facing problem, Punjab government should come forward and announce that they will procure all crops of farmers at MSP," Saini said.

"In Haryana, we are procuring all crops of farmers at MSP and the state government is taking every such step which empowers farmers," he said.