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Fight to get law on MSP will continue, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Written by  Rajan Nath -- January 29th 2022 12:29 PM -- Updated: January 29th 2022 03:24 PM
Fight to get law on MSP will continue, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Fight to get law on MSP will continue, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

New Delhi: January 29: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday said that the fight to get a law on Minimum Support Price for farmers' produce will continue. "The families of farmers have lost more than 700 of their loved ones in the movement. Farmers will never forget these days of last year," said Rakesh Tikait in a tweet (roughly translated from Hindi). Also Read | Punjab extends Covid restrictions till February 1; read details "MSP is the backbone of farmers and farmers want MSP guarantee law to save the future of farming! The fight continues, the fight will continue," he added.

On November 19 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre will bring necessary bills in the Winter Session of Parliament to repeal the farm laws. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill on the first day of the winter session. President Ram Nath Kovind has also given his assent to the Bill that completes the process of repealing the three farm laws. The Prime Minister had also said that the government will constitute a committee to work on a new framework for Minimum Support Price (MSP). Also Read | Punjab elections 2022: Bikram Singh Majithia files nomination from Majitha, Amritsar East -PTC News

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