Maharashtra NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday demanded that the government procure onions at Rs 25 per kg and provide compensation to farmers who had sold their produce at distress prices, in the backdrop of the falling rates of the key kitchen staple.
Pawar, along with party MPs Nilesh Lanke and Bhaskar Bhagare, joined onion growers in a tractor rally and sit-in protest at Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Nashik, one of the largest onion trading centres in the country.
