18.03.2013 | permalink
Congress and BJP members today clashed in Rajya Sabha over the issue of Bt cotton as the opposition members insisted on knowing what price farmers were getting for their crop. The heated exchanges led to adjournment of the House for 20 minutes during Question Hour. Shivanand Tiwari (JD-U) wanted to know the price farmers were getting for their cotton crop. To this, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Charan Das Mahant sought to know whether it would be proper for him to reply as a writ petition was pending in Supreme Court on Bt cotton. Some members, however, said the question has nothing to do with the court case.