Onion export ban to be reviewed today

The reconsideration comes less than two weeks after the ban was imposed on export of onions as the price of the commodity shot up recently.

With onion growers in Maharashtra continuing with their protest against the ban on exports,the empowered group of ministers (EgoM),headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee,is slated to meet on Tuesday to reconsider the decision. We will take a view on the onion export ban tomorrow, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Monday. He had personally petitioned the Prime Minister last week to reconsider the decision. The reconsideration comes less than two weeks after the ban was imposed on export of onions as the price of the commodity shot up recently.

The RJD’s key face and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav, party supremo Lalu Yadav’s son, will again contest from his stronghold Raghopur.

Amid Mahagathbandhan crisis, RJD unveils list of 143, drops 36 MLAs, focuses on ‘M-Y’

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The RJD, lead player of the Mahagathbandhan, released its full list of 143 candidates for the November Bihar Assembly elections. Its key face Tejashwi Yadav will contest from Raghopur, and 41 sitting MLAs have been renominated. The party has dropped 36 sitting MLAs and fielded young leaders, signaling a bid to consolidate its core Muslim-Yadav vote base. The Congress has fielded 60 candidates.

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