Gowda discusses fertiliser price hike issue with Sharad Pawar

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Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday assured NCP chief Sharad Pawar that a decision on roll-back of the hike in fertiliser prices will be taken within two days, the party said.

The Chemical and Fertilisers Minister spoke to Pawar over phone following Pawar’s letter demanding a withdrawal of the price hike, the NCP tweeted.

“Gowda phoned Pawar…and assured to rethink over the fertiliser price hike,” it said.

Pawar, a former Union agriculture minister, said in the letter to Gowda on Tuesday that the price hike should be withdrawn as the farming community is already reeling under the coronavirus crisis.