The Shiromani Akali Dal president and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Thursday said the party would not allow any tinkering with the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and assured marketing of wheat and paddy crop. Mr. Badal accused the Congress party of playing cheap politics on the issue by misleading farmers. “Despite promising in its 2017 Assembly election party manifesto that it would amend the APMC Act, the Congress party is now playing politics on this issue by misleading farmers that the MSP and assured marketing system would end,” alleged the Akali Dal chief. The SAD is a party of farmers. Let me assure our farmers that the SAD will not stand for any discrimination against them.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 19:04 UTC