Oppn walkout over soya, cotton farmers

The opposition members staged a walkout on Thursday from the state Assembly during Question Hour as they were not satisfied by the stand taken by the government over poor rates given to cotton and soyabean crops.

- FPJ Political Bureau

Legislator Sanjay Danve raised the issue of the soya and cotton farmers getting prices far below the minimum support price fixed this year by the government. Congress's Vijay Wadettiwar and Nana Patole said at a time when 6-8 farmers were committing suicide daily as they were unable to get remunerative prices, the government had f