Ranchi, March 20 -- After protesting farmers were evicted from the Shambu and Khanauri borders, Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey on Thursday said that the legalisation of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) is the need of the hour.

Tirkey further hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying that when they were not in power, they talked about the welfare of farmers but the moment they got power, they were against the farmers.

"Any kind of decision that has been taken by any government to suppress the movements of farmers is very disappointing... This will have consequences because no revolution, no protest can just be suppressed... When you're (AAP) not in power, you are speaking for the farmers. The moment you come in the ch...