The government may soon lift the ban on cotton exports in the wake of widespread resentment against the move, Congress sources said on Saturday.
Party sources said an announcement on lifting the ban may be made after by-polls in states like Maharashtra are completed.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday met UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and it is believed that the issue of cotton export ban too may have figured during the deliberations.
He had earlier met Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who had opposed the move saying he was not consulted before the prohibition was imposed by the commerce ministry.