Govt under pressure

Meanwhile, even as the powerful oil millers8217; lobby and Saurashtra farmers started pressuring the government over restrictions on groundnut seed and oil movement, the deliberations on the subject ended inconclusively at the Cabinet sub-committee meeting here today.

The seven-member committee formed last week to take decisions on all civil supplies issues will meet again tomorrow to discuss this issue and measures to arrest the spiralling prices of essential commodities, including salt and onions.

Leaders of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, the BJP8217;s farmers8217; wing, Saurashtra oil millers and traders have threatened to call for an indefinite closure of marketing yards in the region if the restrictions on inter-state movement of groundnut seeds and oil are not withdrawn.