Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 26
The Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) will organise a march on September 28 in Chandigarh. On October 2, there will be protests across all Assembly segments in the state.
HPCC president and former Union Minister Kumari Selja, former CM and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Haryana in charge Vivek Bansal and All-India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Randeep Surjewala held a press conference here today in this regard.
Speaking on the occasion, Selja said, "It was Indira Gandhi which first gave the guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP). It has now been reduced to just a mention in the tweets of leaders of the ruling party. There is no law to check hoarding. The law on contract farming will turn our farmers into labourers."
Hooda said, "We want the government to pass a fourth Bill for ensuring MSP on every purchase even beyond the mandi. The MSP should be based on the C2 formula as explained by the Swaminathan Commission which implies at least 50 per cent more than the weighted average cost of production."
"When the UPA government waived farmers' loans, a benefit of Rs 2,136 crore was given to Haryana farmers. The interest of Rs 830 crore was waived too. During my regime, power bills of Rs 1,600 crore were waived," he added.
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