20/02/2024
Farmers reject Centre's offer
Farmer leaders from Punjab rejected on Monday the latest offer from the central government on guaranteeing floor prices for select crops. They announced the resumption of their march to the national capital, a plan that has prompted police in Haryana and Delhi to seal off key borders for days now. The announcement came after the two outfits leading the agitation held a fourth round of talks with Union ministers in Chandigarh till the early hours of Monday. The government offered a new mechanism – five-year contracts with cooperative societies to procure pulses, maize and cotton at minimum support prices. The general secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee said they still stand on their main demand of a legal guarantee of MSP on all 23 crops.
