PM misleading people on MSP hike: Mamata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “misleading” the people about increasing the minimum support price (MSP) of kharif crops.

Her comments come in the backdrop of the Union cabinet approving a hike in the MSP for all 14 kharif crops, including paddy, earlier this month.

“The prime minister is spreading misinformation. He is misleading the people on the issue of increasing the MSP (of kharif crops). The Centre has hiked the MSP by only ₹200, but is claiming that it has increased it by 50%, which is totally false,” Banerjee said in the assembly.

“The prime minister is saying that the Centre will double the income of farmers by 2022. But we have already doubled the income of our farmers,” she said.

Nearly 12,000 farmers have committed suicide in the country, Banerjee said, adding that not a single farmer from West Bengal figured among them.

The CM demanded that the Centre increases the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) limit to ₹2 lakh and criticised the proposal to put Modi’s photo on the KCC form saying the states pay the larger share of money for the initiative.

“We give 60% of the money and the Centre gives 40%. But recently we saw a report which said that the PM’s photo will be given on the form,” she said. PTI

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