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Rahul meets SKM delegation, discuss pressing govt for MSP guarantee

By Business Standard - 4 months ago
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met a delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and discussed several issues, including pressing the government for legal guarantee for MSP and freedom from indebtedness, sources said. The 11-member delegation met Gandhi at his office in the Paliament House complex here. Sources said the delegation briefed him about the issues the farmers were facing in the country and stressed the demand for legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) and pressing the government for it. Congress general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh were also present during the meeting. A delegation of NGO Sarv Seva Sangh also met Gandhi. The meeting with Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) delegation comes a couple of weeks after Gandhi had met another farmer delegation in the Parliament House complex. Gandhi has repeatedly asserted both inside and outside Parliament that the INDIA bloc is committed to ensuring legal guarantee for MSP. The INDIA

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