Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann mentioned he’ll increase a number of points, together with a authorized assure to the minimal help value (MSP) for crops and farm debt, on the NITI Aayog governing council assembly in New Delhi on Sunday.

Speaking to reporters in Chandigarh on Saturday, Mann slammed his predecessors Charanjit Singh Channi and Capt Amarinder Singh for not attending such conferences earlier.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the seventh governing council assembly of the NITI Aayog, the federal government’s apex coverage assume tank.

“I’m going to attend the NITI Aayog assembly. I’ve achieved my homework on Punjab points which can be put forth throughout the assembly,” Mann said.

He said it was after three years that any representative from Punjab was going to attend the NITI Aayog meeting.

“I will raise the issues of water, debt of farmers, legal guarantee to MSP, canal system, cleaning of Buddha Nallah’ (in Ludhiana), BBMB (Bhakra Beas Management Board) and health-related matters,” Mann mentioned.

The chief minister mentioned he would additionally attempt to meet civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Delhi and lift the problem of direct worldwide flights from Amritsar and Mohali airports to London, Chicago, San Francisco and Vancouver.

Replying to a query on the MSP committee shaped by the Centre, Mann mentioned the federal government ought to contain farmer representatives fairly than those that are in favor of the now-repealed farm legal guidelines.

Last month, the Center shaped a committee on MSP. The committee will look into methods to make MSP accessible to farmers by making the system more practical and clear.