India News | Gowda Discusses Fertiliser Price Hike Issue with Pawar
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday assured NCP chief Sharad Pawar that a decision on roll-back of the hike in fertiliser prices will be taken within two days, the party said.
Mumbai, May 19 (PTI) Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday assured NCP chief Sharad Pawar that a decision on roll-back of the hike in fertiliser prices will be taken within two days, the party said.
The Chemical and Fertilisers Minister spoke to Pawar over phone following Pawar's letter demanding a withdrawal of the price hike, the NCP tweeted.
"Gowda phoned Pawar...and assured to rethink over the fertiliser price hike," it said.
Pawar, a former Union agriculture minister, said in the letter to Gowda on Tuesday that the price hike should be withdrawn as the farming community is already reeling under the coronavirus crisis.
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