The Rs 600 crore central package for sugarcane farmers of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Haryana has triggered a political controversy with Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar demanding its extension to Maharashtra and other states.

The package has provoked adverse political reactions in many sugarcane growing states.

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First Published: Jul 19 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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