Maharashtra's Onion Price Drop Sparks Big Face-Off In Assembly

The Maharashtra meeting these days witnessed chaos over the falling onion charges and turned into adjourned for the day amid an uproar via way of means of the Opposition members. The Opposition MLAs demanded a dialogue at the farmers` difficulty withinside the meeting after Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis introduced withinside the Legislative Council the nation authorities turned into geared up to offer supply to the onion producers. Mr Fadnavis stated the authorities is taking all measures to offer comfort to the onion farmers via way of means of shopping for their produce.

Following short adjournments, the House turned into adjourned for the day amid Opposition uproar. Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party MLAs staged a protest on the Maharashtra meeting carrying garland of onions.

The meeting protests come an afternoon after the farmers stopped the public sale at Asia’s largest onion marketplace in Nashik district because of the falling charges. The protest on the Lasalgaon mandi in Nashik turned into referred to as off withinside the night following an warranty via way of means of a nation minister. BJP MLA Ram Kadam alleged that the protesting farmers have been honestly Congress and NCP workers.

Congress nation leader Nana Patole accused the authorities of being anti-farmers. “If they’re Congress workers, will you now no longer assist the farmers who help the Congress,” he answered to Mr Kadam’s allegations. The wholesale charges of onions, which were on a consistent decline withinside the nation, fell from ₹ four to ₹ 2 in keeping with kg yesterday, angering the farmers.

The onion growers have demanded a direct supply of ₹ 1,500 in keeping with quintal of onions and that the authorities purchase their produce at ₹ 15-20 in keeping with kg. Else, they might now no longer allow the public sale resume on the mandi, stated a representative.

But the onions fetched a minimal rate of ₹ two hundred in keeping with quintal (Rs 2/kg) as quickly because the public sale opened for the week yesterday. The most turned into ₹ 800 in keeping with quintal with the common being around ₹ 400-450 in keeping with quintal. Angered via way of means of this, the farmers had stopped the public sale and staged a protest.