Maharashtra Agriculture Minister asks folks to cease consuming onion if they cannot afford it

Express News Service

MUMBAI: With onion farmers and merchants up in arms in opposition to the Centre’s announcement to impose 40 per cent obligation on the export of kitchen staple, cabinet minister Dada Bhuse requested folks to cease consuming onion if they can not afford to.

The markets in Maharashtra together with Asia’s largest onion market in Lasalgaon had been shut down in protest in opposition to the central authorities’s choice to impose 40 per cent obligation on the export of onion.  The farmers mentioned the Centre’s choice will carry costs of pod onion tumbling down within the home market.

Against this backdrop, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde camp) minister, Dada Bhuse mentioned that farmers ought to get first rate costs for their crops. “If some people feel the present onion prices are unreasonable they should stop eating onion for the next three to four months. If they don’t eat onion, nothing will happen to their health,” Bhuse mentioned. 

He additionally mentioned that if folks can afford to purchase a automobile, they will certainly afford to shell out an additional Rs 10 on kg of onion. 

Reacting to the minister’s comment, NCP chief Jitendra Awhad mentioned this authorities is insensitive towards the issues confronted by shoppers and farmers.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole mentioned the BJP-led authorities is preoccupied with poaching MLAs and toppling governments and therefore it’s not involved in regards to the folks. 

On the opposite hand, farmers are involved about onion costs. Nanasaheb Patil, former chairman of the Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mentioned throughout summer time, when the onion costs crashed, farmers had been both compelled to dump their produce on the roads or promote at throw-away costs. At that point, no one together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi got here to the rescue of the farmers. Now, when the farmers are in a position to get some first rate costs, the federal government has imposed an obligation on the export of onion.  This will harm the market and farmers shall be disadvantaged of getting the a good worth for his or her produce. 

Minister’s tackle consuming fish and Aishwarya Rai’s eyes

Earlier, tribal growth minister Vijaykumar Gavit (BJP) stirred a hornet’s nest by saying Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has received stunning eyes as a result of she used to eat fish usually. He mentioned youths ought to devour fish so that it’ll assist them have truthful pores and skin snd eyes like Aishwarya Rai and this might assist them lure the women and boys of their alternative.  

MUMBAI: With onion farmers and merchants up in arms in opposition to the Centre’s announcement to impose 40 per cent obligation on the export of kitchen staple, cabinet minister Dada Bhuse requested folks to cease consuming onion if they can not afford to.

The markets in Maharashtra together with Asia’s largest onion market in Lasalgaon had been shut down in protest in opposition to the central authorities’s choice to impose 40 per cent obligation on the export of onion.  The farmers mentioned the Centre’s choice will carry costs of pod onion tumbling down within the home market.

Against this backdrop, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde camp) minister, Dada Bhuse mentioned that farmers ought to get first rate costs for their crops. “If some people feel the present onion prices are unreasonable they should stop eating onion for the next three to four months. If they don’t eat onion, nothing will happen to their health,” Bhuse mentioned. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

He additionally mentioned that if folks can afford to purchase a automobile, they will certainly afford to shell out an additional Rs 10 on kg of onion. 

Reacting to the minister’s comment, NCP chief Jitendra Awhad mentioned this authorities is insensitive towards the issues confronted by shoppers and farmers.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole mentioned the BJP-led authorities is preoccupied with poaching MLAs and toppling governments and therefore it’s not involved in regards to the folks. 

On the opposite hand, farmers are involved about onion costs. Nanasaheb Patil, former chairman of the Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mentioned throughout summer time, when the onion costs crashed, farmers had been both compelled to dump their produce on the roads or promote at throw-away costs. At that point, no one together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi got here to the rescue of the farmers. Now, when the farmers are in a position to get some first rate costs, the federal government has imposed an obligation on the export of onion.  This will harm the market and farmers shall be disadvantaged of getting the a good worth for his or her produce. 

Minister’s tackle consuming fish and Aishwarya Rai’s eyes

Earlier, tribal growth minister Vijaykumar Gavit (BJP) stirred a hornet’s nest by saying Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has received stunning eyes as a result of she used to eat fish usually. He mentioned youths ought to devour fish so that it’ll assist them have truthful pores and skin snd eyes like Aishwarya Rai and this might assist them lure the women and boys of their alternative.