MP for Chickballapur K. Sudhakar has urged the Union government to intervene immediately, stating that farmers cultivating the geographically indicated (GI) ‘Bangalore Rose’ onion are facing severe market distress.

The Bangalore Rose onion is a distinctive, small, pungent, scarlet-red bulb variety primarily cultivated in Karnataka’s Chickballapur, Kolar and Bengaluru Rural districts.