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"A decision was taken at the meeting that the speaker will soon write to the President of India seeking his appointment. We are not satisfied with the Rs 200 hike. "Because of the Centre's assurance to increase the MSP about one and a half time of the cost of production, we were waiting for the decision. The BJP members, however, skipped the meeting while it was attended by leader of opposition Narasingha Mishra, several cabinet ministers and legislators from the BJD, the Congress and the CPI(M). BHUBANESWAR: An assembly committee headed by speaker P K Amat on Friday decided to meet President Ram Nath Kovind to apprise him of the state's demand to fix the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy at Rs 2930 per quintal.The assembly panel move comes despite the Centre's recent decision to hike paddy MSP by Rs 200 per quintal..