Delhi Agriculture Minister Gopal Rai on Friday visited Narela Mandi after receiving a series of complaints from farmers of the food grains not being procured at ‘Minimum Support Price’ (MSP).
The Minister visited mandi to check the situation on ground and found that FCI did not even set up a counter there.
Rai said “We decided to inspect the situation today and have been apprised by the president and secretary of the Mandi and found not even a single counter of the FCI. The Centre should stop harassing farmers and purchase food grains by setting up counters in mandis.”
To resolve the matter, he will hold a meeting with senior officials of FCI in Delhi Secretariat on Saturday, he said.
“It is highly unfortunate that such a system has been created to trouble farmers. I would like to say to the union government that today farmers are fighting for their rights and they know that once the three farm laws are implemented, they will have to face a lot of trouble. Today a farmer is being sent from one place to another for MSP. No purchasing was done in the godown till today,” he added.
