PTI
Bhavnagar, February 26
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday assured farmers in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) governments in Punjab and Delhi will purchase their onions by sending a practice in order that they don’t have to face losses amid the prevailing scenario whereby this kitchen staple is fetching low costs from merchants.
Several farmers from Bhavnagar district met Mann on the circuit home right here and urged him to discover a answer to their drawback as costs have hit all-time low as a result of a bumper yield.
Talking to farmers outdoors Bhavnagar circuit home to know their subject, Mann requested AAP’s Gujarat unit president Isudan Gadhvi to take particulars from farmers in order that the occasion can elevate this subject in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the upcoming Parliament session subsequent month.
“I’m additionally a farmer’s son so I perceive your ache. Please don’t destroy your crop. I will inquire about onion demand in Punjab and Delhi after which raise the inventory from right here. We will ship a practice to move your onions,” mentioned Mann.
According to Nikulsinh Zala, one of many farmers who met Mann, onions grown in Bhavnagar are recognized for his or her top of the range however farmers should not getting the honest worth because of the monopoly of wholesale merchants.
“We met Mann to debate the problems being confronted by farmers of Bhavnagar as a result of low costs of our produce. Mann requested us to have endurance and guaranteed us that each the Punjab and Delhi authorities would purchase our onions and ship a practice right here to move it to these states in the approaching weeks,” Zala instructed reporters.
“Punjab CM assured that each the AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi will ship a practice to Bhavnagar to procure onions grown right here. He requested us to have some endurance and to not throw away our produce. Mann additionally assured that each one the 5 AAP MLAs will elevate this subject in the Assembly through the ongoing Budget session,” mentioned one other farmer, Mohan Makwana.
A number of days again, senior Congress chief and Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, Shaktisinh Gohil, had raised this subject claiming that farmers are getting solely Rs 2 per one kg of onions at APMCs as a result of bumper yield.
“Onion-growing farmers of Bhavnagar and different elements of Gujarat are in nice hassle. They are hardly getting Rs 2 per one kg of onion. I urge each – the Centre and the Gujarat authorities – to right away announce Minimum Support Price (MSP) for onions. As a reduction, the federal government must also announce subsidies for the farmers hit by low costs,” the nationwide spokesperson of Congress had mentioned.
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