Patna, Feb. 24 -- The Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy became a contentious subject in the Bihar Assembly on Tuesday with the opposition parties, including the RJD and the Congress, raising the issue on the floor of the House.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the state Agriculture Minister (Amrendra Prasad Singh) had denied MSP to the farmers for paddy in Bihar.

"The minister in the Nitish Kumar government is saying in the House that the government will not purchase paddy against MSP. This is akin to cheating the farmers. It was his poll promise, which the NDA governments at the Centre and the state repeated during the ongoing farmers' agitation. There is a huge difference between what they say and what they do. Due to their ...