The Gujarat government declared a relief package of Rs 10,000 crore for farmers whose crops were damaged in the unseasonal rains which Chief minister Bhupendra Patel described as “the worst in two decades”.

The announcement came two days before the government is to begin procurement by Minimum Support Price ( MSP ) of Kharif produce such as groundnuts, moong, urad and soybean, from farmers worth over Rs 15,000 crore.

“I and my ministers took a tour of the affected districts to meet the farmers and understand their situation. The government, with full sensitivity, stands by the farmers in this time of natural calamity”, CM Patel was quoted as saying in a statement.

The Congress criticised the decision, calling it a “mockery”. Congress Seva Dal chief Lalji Desai said in a video statem

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