NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday sought to know the Centre’s stand on implementation of the proposal to deliberate on legal guarantee of MSP, mooted nearly a month after the PM in November 2021 announced withdrawal of the contentious farm laws that led to blocking of NH-44 by agitating farmers, mainly from Punjab, for more than a year.
Delhi-based 64-year-old PIL petitioner Guninder Kaur Gill, describing herself as next friend of farmer representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast unto death, told Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan that the Centre must be directed to implement the December 9, 2021 proposal, which included discussion with farmers on MSP legal guarantee.
The bench said the Supreme Court cannot direct implementation of a proposal meant for discussion. “Why the Centre cannot make a statement that its doors for negotiations are open,” Justice Bhuyan asked. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta said the Centre is concerned about farmers across the country and would not be able to discuss the issues with a section of them.
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