In standoff with govt, farmer groups ‘reject’ Centre’s 5-year MSP contract offer

After the fourth round of talks between protesting farmers and union ministers concluded on Sunday evening, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) – an umbrella organization of farmers’ unions with no direct links to those leading the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march – refused received the government’s 5-year MSP contract quote.

After leaving a meeting with farmer leaders late on Sunday night, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that a panel of three Union ministers – Goyal, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Arjun Munda (Arjun Munda) and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai – proposed five year Plan Pulses, maize and cotton crops are purchased from farmers at minimum support prices.

However, SKM late on Monday criticized the proposal for “shifting the focus” of farmers and insisted on purchasing “all crops (23 species, including the five mentioned above) with guaranteed procurement as stated in the BJP manifesto during the 2014 general elections” 》, new delhi tv the report said.