Centre must start talks with farmers over pending issues, bring MSP law: Nawab Malik

Maharashtra cabinet minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik demanded that the Centre start a dialogue at the earliest with protesting farmers to resolve their pending issues including bringing a law on Minimum Support Price MSP for agriculture productsAddressing a press conference along with Congress state president Nana Patole Malik also demanded compensation to farmers who died during the yearlong protest outside Delhi against the three controversial agrimarketing laws which are now being repealed by the CentreThe NCP and the Congress are part of the Shiv Senaled MVA government Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week announced that the three farm laws which were at the centre of protest by farmers for the past year will be repealed Modi had insisted the laws were profarmers but added the Centre could not convince a section of cultivators about their benefitsUnless a law to bring MSP is not passed demands of the farmers will remain unfulfilled At least 700 people have lost their lives due to wrong policies Malik saidDialogue is key to resolving any obstacle in democracy the minister stressed Dialogue with farmers was first initiated by the government in the beginning of the protest last year Then the protest was being bulldozed Now there is a unilateral announcement that some farmers could not be convinced so the laws are being repealedWas the laws made for farmers or a section of farmers The way wordplay is on is wrong Malik said He said the central government should show a desire to resolve the issue which was missing in the last 15 to 16 months Malik suggested taking the opposition into confidence on this contentious issueTaking a dig at the Centre Patole said Modi is the iquestfirst prime minister whom the country doesnt trust The Cabinet has done it approved the decision to repeal the three laws but it has to be seen how are laws rolled back he said Though the organisations spearheading the agitation against the new farm laws have welcomed the Centre announcement of their withdrawal they have said they will continue their stir in support of other pending demands including statutory guarantee for remunerative prices for cropsAlso Read No one is above law Z plus security cant save her Nawab Malik slams Kangana over Khalistanis remarkThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever