Viral video claiming Punjab farmers rot MSP grains for breweries is from 2018
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New Delhi: A video of a man pouring water on foodgrains has gone viral with the claim that farmers from Punjab deliberately rot foodgrains bought at minimum support price (MSP) to sell them to distilleries and breweries.
In the 58-second video, a man can be seen watering several sacks of foodgrains.
The video was shared Sunday by a Twitter user, Jitendra Nagar, who has over 11,000 followers. Nagar’s tweet read, “This is the scene across Punjab, wheat bought at MSP, water is sprinkled on bags to make the grains rot then it is sold to distillery & breweries by the five star farmers who are agitating on the border of Delhi! Big money is involved??”
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