In third such hike this year, Amul raised its milk variant prices by Rs 2 per litre except in poll-bound Gujarat on Saturday. Shortly after, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha hit out at the Centre, calling it an ‘apathetic government’. Referencing his previous tweet where he had speculated that milk prices might go up again, he tweeted, “Told you so… Looks like milk is competing with petrol when it comes to price rise and breaking the common man’s back.”
On Saturday, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk and other dairy products under the Amul brand, hiked the rates of full-cream, gold and buffalo milk by Rs 2 per litre.
Slamming the Central government, Chadha further wrote, “Today, Amul has hiked milk prices by Rs 2/- a litre. Average Indian families continue to pay for the mistakes of an apathetic government.”
On October 6, Raghav Chadha had speculated that milk prices will further go up, owing to an unabated rise in fodder prices and the spread of lumpy skin disease amid cattle. “Despite Lumpy virus spreading unchecked and fodder prices & shortage rising unabated for a while, the Govt has done nothing substantial to address these issues. Result: more troubles for farmers, more troubles for average Indian households,” he had tweeted.
Told you so…
Looks like milk is competing with petrol when it comes to price rise and breaking the common man’s back.
Today, Amul has hiked milk prices by Rs 2/- a litre.
Average Indian families continue to pay for the mistakes of an apathetic government. https://t.co/Lgt9LnZ6ft
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) October 15, 2022
Raghav Chadha pointed out that the proposal to set up 100 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) specifically for fodder, was drafted in September 2020, yet no FPO has been registered yet.
Notably, Aam Aadmi Party, which is preparing to contest the Gujarat Assembly elections with full force, has appointed Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha as the co-in charge of party affairs in the state.
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