Chautala, Badal seek increase in wheat price

By Our Special Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, FEB. 23. The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Om Prakash Chautala, and his Punjab counterpart, Mr. Prakash Singh Badal, met the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, in New Delhi today to press for an increase in the wheat support price.

According to an official Press note issued here, Mr. Chautala told mediapersons in New Delhi that they had come to `pray' on behalf of the farming community. ``Mr. Vajpayee is sympathetic to farmers and we are quite hopeful that justice will be done,'' he added. Mr. Badal said that the prices of the agricultural products were not increasing when compared to the increasing costs of living and production. He too stressed upon the need to safeguard farmers' interests.

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