GI Basmati row: Chouhan writes to Sonia on 'anti-farmer stance' of Cong CMs

Kamal Nath joins war of words; says Chouhan did nothing to get GI status for MP basmati in 15 years

The war of words between Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his political rivals in the Congress over the state’s claim on the GI tag for basmati rice grown in Madhya Pradesh worsened today, with Chouhan writing to Congress Interim Chief Sonia Gandhi, accusing her party of being step-motherly towards farmers.

In a letter, Chouhan alleged that Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s interference in the matter to deny the GI tag to basmati rice grown in MP is meant to deny MP farmers their rightful due, and that his representations in the matter are false and baseless.