UPA should distribute wheat stocks lying in open: BJP

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

BJP National General Secretary Jagat Parkash Nadda said if adequate steps are not taken, 6.6 million tonnes of wheat lying in open would be damaged and UPA government will be responsible for it.

Nadda said that last year Rs 58,000 crore worth of wheat lying in the open was lost and this year it is estimated that Rs 85,000 crore worth of wheat would be lost due to poor storage.

  

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First Published: Jun 24 2012 | 8:05 PM IST

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