Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said the NDA government was making efforts to double farmers' income and lauded the announcement that minimum support price (MSP) would be raised to at least 1.5 times the production cost.
Paswan, addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the national executive meet of the Lok Janshakti Party farmers' cell, said his party would continue to raise demands for farmers' welfare, including the constitution of a 'Kisan Aayog'.
He also said that since his party's formation, he has been demanding special status for Bihar as it lost a lot of its resources due to the creation of Jharkhand.
Asked about Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav's recent statement that the opposition's doors are open for him, Paswan said, "Let the opposition doors be open, how does it matter (to me)."
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