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        >> Continued from previous page...   in the country.”                    available data, 60 per cent of  GDP was 18 per cent, but now
        rat Kaur Badal had been very            “We all know that the new  employment  in  the country  is  it has become 12 per cent in
        much a part of the meeting that  farms laws are not in the interest  based on agriculture.                    five years. Farmers are not get-
        passed the farm ordinances.          of farmers and the current gov-         “If the farmer remains pros- ting value for their hard work
            Meanwhile, in UP, calling  ernment is not ready to listen  perous, then the country will  in farming,” he said.
        himself a farmer and justify- to farmers’ issues,” he added. remain prosperous. In 2016,                          The Samajwadi Party will
        ing the farmers’ protest, Mem-          Yadav said that as per the  the share of (agriculture in)  announce a march across Uttar
        ber  of Parliament  and  senior                                                                               Pradesh in support of protest-
        Samajwadi Party (SP) leader                                                                                   ing farmers, Yadav said.
        Ram Gopal Yadav said that                                                                                         In Delhi, Congress leader
        he has not got Minimum Sup-                                                                                   Adhir  Ranjan  Chowdhury  on
        port Price (MSP) for his maize                                                                                Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha
        crop. Sharing his personal ex-                                                                                Speaker Om Birla for conven-
        perience and taking jibe at the                                                                               ing a short winter session of
        central government, senior SP                                                                                 parliament to discuss pressing
        leader Yadav told ANI, “I have                                                                                issues including farmers pro-
        grown maize crops and gov-                                                                                    test, preparation of COVID-19
        ernment had announced MSP                                                                                     vaccine and standoff along
        of Rs 2,660 per quintal but I                                                                                 LAC in eastern Ladakh.
        got Rs 1,050. Across India no-                                                                                    The Congress leader said
        where farmers are getting MSP                                                                                 that the session will help the
        for their crops.”                                                                                             nation to understand and ap-
            Commenting upon the new                                                                                   preciate the current issues that
        farms laws, SP leader said,                          students raise slogans and hold placards                 the country is grappling with.
        “The new laws are anti-farmer          as they show their solidarity with farmers during a protest against farm   It is a call the Modi govern-
        and it will end the APMC sys-                        law, in Jalandhar on Friday (ANi photos)                 ment needs to take as soon as
        tem which currently operates                                                                                  possible.


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