BKS Gujarat unit representative and district unit president, Lakshmanbhai Patolia, secretary Manubhai Patel and action committee convener, Rajendra Jadhav, have in a statement, said that, no representatives from farmers and groundnut growers were invited for the meeting held on Saturday and the Kishan Sangh has not been taken into confidence and therefore the agreement is not acceptable to them. They have alleged that the millers had to accept Rs 440 for ten kgs plus taxes, under pressure.

They said that, the cost per acre comes to more than Rs 5,860 and with receipt of Rs 3,850, the growers are losing Rs 2,000 per acre and are therefore turning to other crops reducing groundnut growth. They said, the oil price in 1991 was Rs 437 for ten kgs and today in open market the price is Rs 455. This Rs 18 increase in seven years is nothing compared to rise in prices of other commodities. Politics is being played in the name of oil and the poor growers are victim of it, they alleged.

They have suggested other steps to contain the oil price. Oil cakes exported should be increased so that the loss can be made up from higher oil cakes prices. Brand oil producers are charging Rs 15 to 20 per tin. In this the middle link should be abolished and the government should purchase from open market and sell it at subsidised prices. They said that, people should get oil at lower prices but this so-called voluntary ceiling limit is not the solution.