In the wake of the ongoing Kisan Kranti Padyatra here, the Centre has agreed to majority of the demands raised by the agitating farmers.Speaking to the media, Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said a consensus was arrived atafter a meeting between the protesting farmers and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. "Home Minister Rajnath Singh met the farmers' leaders and discussed their demands. They have reached an agreement on majority of the issues. Farmers' leaders, Uttar Pradesh ministers Laxmi Narayan ji, Suresh Rana ji and I will go to meet farmers now," said Shekhawat.However, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Yudhvir Singh, in an interview to ANI, said that the Centre has not cleared its stand on the main issue of the farmers - C2+50, a comprehensive formula for calculating minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce, over and above the cost of production."We had a discussion on 11 points. The government agreed on seven points, but ...
