AP: UNPA to join Left in fight for farmers' cause
Hyderabad,
Jan
20:
United
National
Progressive
Alliance
(UNPA)
Convenor
N
Chandrababu
Naidu
today
said
the
UNPA
would
fight
for
farmers'
cause
along
with
the
Left
parties
in
Parliament.
Addressing the press here, Mr Naidu said the UNPA and the Left would stage a rally in New Delhi, on the first day of the budget session, demanding implementation of M S Swaminathan Commission recommendation.
They would also demand a hike in Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all agriculture produce.
Stating that the UNPA would join hands with other 'like minded' parties to intensify their struggle on farmers' problems, he said ''We want to mount pressure on the Centre by organising a series of agitations at national level.'' Mr Naidu alleged that the UPA government at the Centre had failed to protect the interests of the farmers.
The UNPA would organise farmers' meetings on February 3, 6 and 11 at Mumbai, Ranchi and Sonapat in Haryana respectively, he added.
UNI