Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and ensure that cotton was procured at the minimum support price (MSP) in Punjab. He said he has received complaints from farmers that the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) had downgraded the MSP of cotton in Punjab. In a statement here, the SAD P:resident said it was shocking that instead of giving an MSP of Rs 6,920 per quintal for long staple cotton, as was done earlier, the CCI has imposed a quality cut of Rs 150 and was giving an MSP of Rs 6,770 per quintal to farmers. He said farmers in the Abohar belt were suffering because the CCI was procuring the produce in bits
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