New Delhi:  Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s statement on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said, “They (Centre) are complicating the matter, when did we say that the MSP system is ending, we only want a law on it.”

It has been over two months since the farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders against the three farm laws enacted by the Centre. Modi has appealed to the farmers to end the agitation. Prime Minister Modi told the Rajya Sabha that the MSP is not going to end and there is an emphasis to modernise the mandi system.

Speaking on the farmers’ agitation, Modi said many things were discussed about the farmers’ movement, but everyone is silent on the main issue of it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I assure the Upper House that the mandis would be modernised. The MSP was, is and will always be in place. More than 80 crore people will continue to get ration at cheap rates. Our Union Agriculture Minister (Narendra Singh Tomar) has discussed it very well.”

Responding to PM Modi’s statement, Tikait said, “We never said that the MSP is going to end rather we want a law on it. The law on MSP will only benefit the farmers. Due to the lack of law on MSP, the traders purchase the produce at half the rate.”