Resentment is growing among onion and cotton growers in the state against the central government's failure to help farmers distressed by falling prices. The BJP ministers had to face this discontent in the form of farmers' anger.
On Sunday, angry farmers threw onions at the vehicle of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Union Minister of State and BJP Lok Sabha MP Bharti Pawar and state Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar also faced the wrath of the farmers.
In a video that has gone viral on social media, angry farmers can be seen surrounding Bharti Pawar while the minister tries to pacify their anger by saying that the Center is procuring onions through NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India) Is and is making sure. That there is no restriction on the export of onions as well. He said that onion prices are low in the international market and hence the prices have come down in the domestic market. Apart from this, the arrival of onion in the market is very high.
Maharashtra's Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar also faced the wrath of farmers at an agricultural exhibition in Amravati. The farmers told him that the prices of onions have gone down even below the prices of old newspapers. Farmers argue that last year they sold a quintal of cotton for Rs 14,000, but currently they get only Rs 8,000 per quintal. “We are not even able to recover the input cost. If the government fails to help us, we are left with no option but to commit suicide.
However, in the video the farmers can be seen blaming the Centre's wrong export-import policies for their plight. The angry farmers argued that the Center keeps on changing its policies continuously and the farmers are facing the brunt of it.
"The Center should compensate us by buying our onions at the international market rate and also give us all possible help," the farmers insisted. Meanwhile, Devendra Fadnavis faced the wrath of farmers in Amravati, where the latter threw onions at his vehicle before the police swung into action and detained the protesters.
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