Overview

• Union Minister Pralhad Joshi led a delegation of Karnataka BJP MPs to meet Chemicals Minister J.P. Nadda and secured a commitment for daily urea shipments to meet rising monsoon demand.
• Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said 1.35 lakh tonnes of urea will arrive in the state within the next fortnight amid allegations of corruption and hoarding in current supply chains.
• Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao asserted that central deliveries have exceeded state requests but accused local Congress leaders of obstructing distribution and enabling black marketing.
• Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the state Agriculture Department reported that the centre supplied about 5.35 lakh tonnes of urea against a demand of 6.8 lakh tonnes, blaming early monsoon sowing for heightened shortages.
• Farmers in both states continue to queue at distribution centres for delayed allocations as state and central figures on quota fulfilment remain in conflict.