chandigarhUpdated: Sep 21, 2020 01:25 ISTHaryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday said he will resign from the chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition government if any attempt to discontinue procurement of farmers produce under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system surfaces. In his first official reaction to the current controversy surrounding the Centre’s three farm legislations and fears of farmers that the objective of the central law was to dismantle the MSP at later stage, the deputy CM said there is not a single line regarding eliminating MSP in three farm Bills. He said the crops of the farmers would be procured on the MSP and the farmers would have the right to sell their crop in the market openly in case they received price higher than the MSP. In a statement, he made it clear that farmers would have the right of MSP and urged the farmers to not get misled. “Why the former CM is adopting double standards on this and what is the reason behind misleading the farmers,” he asked.

Source: Hindustan Times September 20, 2020 19:55 UTC