Onion Garland Protest In Maharashtra Over Steep Fall In Prices
NDTV
The MLAs reached the assembly with baskets full of onions on their heads a day after the farmers stopped the auction at Asia's biggest onion market in Nashik.
Nationalist Congress Party MLAs wearing garland of onions staged a protest at the Maharashtra assembly this morning as the wholesale prices of the key kitchen staple witnessed a steep fall yesterday.
The MLAs reached the assembly with baskets full of onions on their heads a day after the farmers stopped the auction at Asia's biggest onion market in Nashik district due to the falling prices.
The farmers' protest at Lasalgaon mandi in Nashik was called off in the evening following an assurance by a state minister.
The wholesale prices of onions, which had been on a constant decline in the state, fell from Rs 4 to Rs 2 per kg yesterday, angering the farmers.
