Talks will move forward only if Centre brings ordinance on MSP: Pandher

Chandigarh: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Saturday demanded that the Centre bring an ordinance to provide a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP).

In Shambhu and Khanauri, located on the border of Punjab and Haryana, the farmers are sitting on a dharna to press for their various demands and their main demand is that a legal guarantee of minimum support price be given.

Pandher’s statement comes at a time when the fourth round of talks between farmer leaders and Union ministers is scheduled to be held on Sunday.

“If the central government wants, it can bring an ordinance overnight,” Pandher told reporters at the Shambhu border. If the government wants a solution to the farmers’ agitation, it should bring an ordinance that it will implement a law on minimum support price. After this, the talks can move forward, he added.