More opposition parties back Kejriwal's stir

Vartha Bharati | 15-06-2018 | 21:11:00 IST

New Delhi, June 15: More regional parties have expressed their support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's protest against the Lt Governor with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) being the latest.

JMM'S Working President and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, in a tweet, said: "I salute to the fight by Delhi for its rights. The AAP government in Delhi is forced to come on the street for its rights, which kind of democracy is it? Jharkhand is with the people of Delhi and with Kejriwal."

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed solidarity with the "elected" Delhi government.

"The trend of using the Governor's office for political benefits of the ruling party at the centre, goes against the spirit of the Constitution," he said in a statement.

Kejriwal's protest has already been backed by West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Bihar's Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, along with former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, and actors-turned-politicians Kamal Hassan and Shatrughan Sinha.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Party of India were also supporting Kejriwal.

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SC notice to Centre, others on plea concerning MSP

13-04-2026 ¦ 13-04-2026 IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea to accord weightage to states' proposal on the exact cost of cultivation while fixing minimum support price (MSP).

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and others, including the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, seeking their response on the plea.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, said the plea raises a very important issue related to the farmers in the country.

The plea has sought direction to the authorities to ensure complete procurement of all notified crops under the MSP calculated on the basis of the exact cost of cultivation.

It has also sought direction to take appropriate steps to ensure complete procurement of crops from all farmers who are desirous of selling their crops at the MSP.