Updated On: 29 December, 2023 04:53 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
NCP MP Amol Kolhe chastised the Maharashtra government, led by Eknath Shinde, for failing to lobby the Union government to reconsider the restriction on onion exports.

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Nationalist Congress Protest MP Amol Kolhe chastised the Maharashtra government, led by Eknath Shinde, for failing to lobby the Union government to reconsider the restriction on onion exports. Kolhe expressed unhappiness with the government`s delay on the onion export restriction issue during a farmers` rally organised by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition in Pune, a report in PTI stated.
According to the report, NCP MP Amol Kolhe`s remarks questioned the state`s response to the ban during the `Shetkari Akrosh Morcha,` a three-day demonstration that began at Shivneri Fort and ended outside the Pune collector`s office on December 30. He emphasised that, despite claims of farmer support, Shinde and the deputy chief ministers did not lobby for the lifting of the onion export prohibition.