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Chandigarh, Sep 21: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday rejected the Centre’s “paltry” hike in MSP of wheat and five other Rabi crops as a “cruel joke” on farmers.
Amarinder Singh
He said the “paltry” hike has come amid their growing apprehensions about the abolition of the minimum support price regime following the passage of the new agriculture Bills in Parliament.
“This is callous. They have made a mockery of the farmers’ protests over the farm bills, which by all accounts will eventually pave the way for ending the MSP system and abolish the Food Corporation of India,” said the CM in a…
