Nationalising the grain trade

Given how Sonia Gandhi praised her late mother-in-law’s decision to nationalise the banking system, it must be with a great feeling of pride that she is now starting the process of nationalising the country’s foodgrain trade. What is surprising, however, is how the traders’ party of India, which has been so voluble when it came to opposing FDI in retail, has remained largely silent on the Food Security Bill that the Cabinet is trying to push through.

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