Archive · 9 Dec 2025
MP Minister Says Farmers Throwing Away Onions
A minister in Madhya Pradesh, India, said that farmers are throwing away onions because there are too many.
This made the opposite political party, Congress, very upset.
They said the minister was being mean to the farmers.
The minister said this while talking to reporters in a place called Khajuraho.
Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Aidal Singh Kansana stated farmers are throwing away onions due to good supply.
The statement was made during a press interaction in Khajuraho.
The Opposition Congress called the statement an 'insult' to farmers.
The minister's remarks sparked a political row.
No specific actions or policies were mentioned in the article.
- Who
- Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Aidal Singh Kansana
- What
- Stated that farmers are throwing away onions due to good supply
- When
- December 9
- Where
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- Not explicitly stated in the article
- Location
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Date
- December 9
- Speaker
- Aidal Singh Kansana
- Position
- Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister
- Opposition Reaction
- Congress called the statement an 'insult' to farmers