Nashik farmer's onions were of low quality, blackish: Report

A report submitted to the Maharashtra government by the district deputy registrar office on the Nashik farmer, who had sent his onion sale earnings to the Prime Minister's Office, has said that his onions were of "medium to low quality" and "blackish" in colour.

However, authorities of the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) said the report was "false" as no official of the district deputy registrar office had met them regarding the farmer's case.

Sanjay Sathe, a farmer from Niphad tehsil of Nashik district, had sent Rs 1,064, his earnings from onion sale in the wholesale market, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 29 as a protest.

Lasalgaon APMC is the centre some tehsils, including Niphad, of Nashik district.

Following that, the PMO had sought a report from the authorities to know the ground reality and to verify Sathe's claims of getting Rs 1.41 per kg rate in wholesale market.

Accordingly, the office of Nashik district deputy registrar of the state cooperation department prepared the report, which said, "Lasalgaon APMC has clarified that Sanjay Sathe's onions were of medium to low quality and blackish in colour."