BJP MP from Dindori asks for reconsideration of imports and MEP on onions

Spike in wholesale onion prices is the reason for these interventions just before the elections in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Harayana.

Pawar, whose constituency lies in the heart of the onion growing area of Maharashtra, said both the decisions should be rolled back. “The imports would arrive when the new crop will come, and MEP has to be zero so that farmers make decent returns from their crop,” she said. The MP said she doesn’t feel there is much shortage of onions and thus both the measures needs to be reconsidered.

Farmers leaders had called the move anti-farmer and talked of launching agitations. Pawar had denied the charges and pointed out how the government had given subsidy for onion growers.