Farmers’ Campaign On Feb 15 Over MSP In Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A campaign would be held on February 15 here against the center's stance on minimum support price (MSP). The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) called union finance minister Arun Jaitley speech a farce which doesn't help the farmers and is misleading.

In this back drop, the AIKSCC an umbrella of 190 farmers organisation in the country would discuss on Kisan Mukti bills here. The issues will be discussed at length from February 12 to 19 at the district and mandal levels, as part of the campaign

The convention would comprise AIKSCC convener VM Singh, Lok Sabha member Raju Shetty, Yogendra Yadav of Swaraj Abhiyan, Sunilam of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Madhya Pradesh. It may be recalled that Centre which was reeling under pressure, took the decision of fixing the price at 50 per cent higher than the cost of production. However, an AIKSCC member told to media, "While the Union Budget is being described as farmers’ budget, the actual allocations remained at just 2.3 per cent as that of last year. There is no big change as claimed by the union finance minister."