Announcement regarding next legislative party leader likely within two days | Section of young MLAs question move to back Chennithala, favour Satheesan instead
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Wednesday warned of an agitation if the Union government did not withdraw the hike in fertiliser prices. Anti-farmer policies of the Centre will make it difficult to do farming in future, Patole said at a press conference.
With the passage of new agriculture laws and increase in fertiliser prices, the Centre was leaving farmers no option other than contract farming with industrialists , he alleged. If the price hike is not withdrawn in two days, the state Congress will launch a `ghanta naad (ringing of bells) agitation, Patole said.
Congress leader Veerappa Moily said wrong alliance selection led to wipe-out of party in Bengal. (File)
Bengaluru:
Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today said his party should have struck an alliance with Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress in the recent West Bengal elections, even as he expressed anguish over ad-hocism in the grand old outfit.
The former Union Minister also sought action against West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for the poll debacle in the state, describing him as a weak leader with no grass-root touch .
Mr Moily cited wrong selection of alliance for the wipe-out of the party in the state, where it had aligned with the Left and the Indian Secular Front.