JD(U), Congress slam MP govt

Patna | Friday | 9th June, 2017

Summary:

He lashed out at the MP government for preventing AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi from meeting the agitating farmers at Mandsaur. The JD (U) said Singh had no expertise in agriculture.Bihar Congress IT cell chairman-cum-party spokesman Sanjeev Singh also condemned the killing of farmers in MP. The demand was on line of the promise made by PM Narendra Modi, they said. PATNA: The JD (U) and Congress on Thursday said the killing of five agitating farmers in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh (MP) was shocking.State JD(U) spokesmen Neeraj Kumar (MLC) and Arvind Nishad said the agitating farmers in Mandsaur district were demanding increase in minimum support price (MSP) for foodgrain, proper returns on crops produced and loan waiver. "While campaigning for last Lok Sabha election, Modi, the then prime ministerial candidate of BJP, had promised that the minimum support price for the foodgrain produced would be fixed by further adding 50% of the cost of production to the production cost incurred..