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Ahmedabad: Expressing shock over Union Government's decision to ban export of cotton, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the decision should be reversed immediately.
The Chief Minister has warned that the decision to ban cotton export would anger cotton farmers of the state and the Union government should stop working against their interests.
The Union government on Monday banned the export of cotton amid fears that its prices could shoot up on account of declining production in the current season.
"I was shocked to learn about the immediate ban imposed on cotton export today. Lakhs of cotton farmers of Gujarat would be the ultimate victims of this decision and suffer loss of crores of rupees," Modi said in the letter.
"It is my request that the ban on the cotton export should be immediately lifted. Alternatively, Shankar variety of cotton of Gujarat should be kept out of the export ban as it is more acceptable in the international market," he added.
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