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Shiromani Akali Dal won't be mute spectator to MSP tinkering: Sukhbir Badal

The Shiromani Akali Dal chief, however, added that he did not see any threat to the present MSP regime at this stage

President Shiromani Akali Dal, Sukhbir Badal. File photo: ANI
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The SAD will go to any length, including launching mass action, to protect the rights and interests of every Punjabi, especially the farmers who are the backbone of Punjab's identity, said Badal

Press Trust of India Chandigarh

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said his party will never be a mute spectator to the injustice of tinkering with the minimum support price regime though he did not see its possibility.

The SAD chief made the remarks days after state Chief Minister Amarinder Singh feared that the Centre's two recent ordinances, providing for barrier-free trade in farming produces and assured prices for them, may be precursors to disbanding the MSP regime.

Badal said his party will never compromise on the issue of assured procurement of farmers' paddy and wheat by government agencies at the MSP as it was a