NEW DELHI: Government will find solutions to all issues by talking to farmers, their organisations and state governments, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told Rajya Sabha on Monday while replying to a discussion. This comes amid some farm groups raising the demand for legal guarantee of MSP for grains and stand off at Shambhu border.
“There are problems in agriculture but solutions are also there. We will speak to farmers and farmer associations. Hum samvad se samadhaan nikalenge (We will find a solution through dialogue) and will move forward taking everyone along with us,” he said.
The minister lashed out at Congress mentioning there were instances of farmers being shot dead when the party was in office earlier in several states and said former PMs Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi never mentioned “farmers” in their Independence Day speeches. He urged political parties not to treat farmers as vote bank.
Later in the day, Congress announced that it will bring a privilege motion against Chouhan for misleading the House on various counts. Congress MPs Randeep Singh Surjewala and Digvijaya Singh alleged that the minister “told lies” in his reply. After question hour, Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked Chouhan to complete his reply. As he stood up to speak, Congress MPs created a ruckus over issues such as legal assurance of MSP and other demands. Amid the uproar, Chouhan said, “Congress has always talked about helping farmers directly.”
“There are problems in agriculture but solutions are also there. We will speak to farmers and farmer associations. Hum samvad se samadhaan nikalenge (We will find a solution through dialogue) and will move forward taking everyone along with us,” he said.
The minister lashed out at Congress mentioning there were instances of farmers being shot dead when the party was in office earlier in several states and said former PMs Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi never mentioned “farmers” in their Independence Day speeches. He urged political parties not to treat farmers as vote bank.
Later in the day, Congress announced that it will bring a privilege motion against Chouhan for misleading the House on various counts. Congress MPs Randeep Singh Surjewala and Digvijaya Singh alleged that the minister “told lies” in his reply. After question hour, Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked Chouhan to complete his reply. As he stood up to speak, Congress MPs created a ruckus over issues such as legal assurance of MSP and other demands. Amid the uproar, Chouhan said, “Congress has always talked about helping farmers directly.”