A former senior Monsanto official today said he wasn’t surprised by the government’s moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal, noting that the agitation against the genetically-modified variety of the vegetable was ”well-orchestrated, loud and united”. [...] ”The agitation against Bt Brinjal was so demonstrative, well-orchestrated, loud and united as compared to lacklustre and hesitant efforts by most of the protagonists,” [former head of Monsanto Research Centre TM Manjunath] said.