Chandigarh, Sept. 22 -- Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday dismissed the Centre's paltry hike in MSP of wheat and five other Rabi crops as a cruel joke on the farmers amid their growing apprehensions about abolition of the MSP regime following the passage of the new Agriculture Bills in Parliament.
"This is callous. They have made a mockery of the farmers' protests over the farm bills, which by all accounts will eventually pave the way for ending the minimum support price (MSP) system and abolish the Food Corporation of India," said the Chief Minister.
Capt Amarinder said that if the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre thought it would appease the agitating farms with this trifling hike they clearly did not understand t...