New Delhi, February 09: RLD chief Ajit Singh today held Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar responsible for the rising prices of essential commodities and accused him of creating sugar scarcity by exporting it when production fell.
“Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is responsible for the price rise,” Singh said while speaking to reporters here.
In 2007-08 there was excess production of sugar in the country and the following year when its production fell, government exported it, leading to its scarcity, he said.
“Pawar this way created scarcity of sugar and now the government is importing raw sugar, which has led to its high prices,” he said, adding moreover, his party, NCP, advises people to stop consuming sugar.
NCP’s mouthpiece Rashtravadi had yesterday in its editorial said, “no one dies due to not eating sugar. On the other hand, by eating items made from sugar, diabetes increases.
–PTI