Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said business over hunger will not be allowed and once again demanded a law on minimum support price (MSP) for crops along with the repeal of new contentious agri-marketing laws. The Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson’s comments came soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the Rajya Sabha speech, assured “MSP was there. MSP is there. MSP will remain in the future”.

“There will not be business over hunger in the country. If hunger goes up, price of crops will be decided accordingly. Those wanting business over hunger will be driven out of the country,” he told reporters. “The way rates of a flight ticket fluctuate three to four times a day, the price of crops will not be decided the same way,” Tikait said.