Though UP government is paying the highest price for sugarcane compared to other states, Tikait kept on saying he would protest against only Yogi government ahead of upcoming elections.
A farmer named Gurdip Singh from Chak Kalan village said, "I am very happy with this system with money coming directly. I sold my entire crop to government agencies as the MSP was also better this time."
Farmer leaders are indulging in fear-mongering by claiming that the tighter procurement norms proposed by the government is one way of government doing away with MSP.