Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar wrote on the Centre on Tuesday contrary to your choice to boost petroleum costs, and a move he said could harm farmers.

“The pandemic has had a significant effect on individuals, catastrophic their every way of livelihood. The farming community is currently reeling under a few of their worst crisis and also their problems will need to be addressed instantly. However, I have learnt that in the place of stretching a helping hand into the desperate area, the Central government has decided to boost the rates of fertilisers exponentially,” he wrote in a letter addressed D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

Mr. Pawar stated that the lock down to curtail the spread of COVID-19 has recently crumbled the advertising system. “Since the monsoon is at the door steps, the regrettable decision will directly affect the pre-sowing agricultural pursuits and also at the prospective affect the manufacturing cost and growth of these plants. With increased levels of petrol, the fresh decision will warm salt in the wounds of those farmers,” he explained, adding that the decision had been shocking and wanted to be evaluated instantly.