Manipur govt. diverting urea for poppy farming: Jairam Ramesh
The Hindu
The Centre has allocated 1,97,000 more bags than the State’s total urea requirement
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Manipur government is diverting urea to the hills of the State for boosting poppy cultivation. The All India Congress Committee had recently appointed Mr. Ramesh as the poll observer for Manipur, where Assembly election is less than a year away. “Manipur is getting TWICE the supply of urea it needs and yet farmers complain of shortage! Why? Because urea is diverted to hill areas in Manipur, where poppy is being grown for opium in large areas in last 4 years. The State Govt is fully complicit in this,” the senior Congress leader and former Union Minister tweeted on Tuesday .More Related News
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