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Rajnath to walk 5 kms to highlight plight of farmers

Beed: BJP president Rajnath Singh will walk five kms as part of a ‘padyatra' (march) organised by the party to highlight the plight of farmers, specially those producing sugarcane, cotton and soyabean.  Announcing this at

PTI Updated on: September 29, 2013 17:46 IST
Government should impose 90 per cent import duty on edible oil, he said, adding that the restriction on cotton export should be lifted.



Munde, the deputy leader of BJP in Lok Sabha, blamed the UPA government for farmers not getting remunerative prices for their produce.

Munde demanded that the Centre should provide Rs 10,000 crore loan to sugar industry at zero per cent interest like the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA govt, which provided Rs 6,500 crore at zero per cent interest.

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