Evidence of govt mismanagement of onions across country | Ghanti Bajao

An abrupt blanket ban on the export of onions by the Centre on Tuesday jolted growers in Lasalgaon, the country's biggest wholesale market of the staple vegetable, even as politicians and other farmers cried foul.

While NCP President Sharad Pawar, a former Union Agriculture Minister, rushed to meet Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, farmers in Lasalgaon dumped onions on the roads and blocked the Mumbai-Agra Highway near the town.