The agrarian distress has emerged to be a prominent issue in the ongoing assembly elections, but Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh is conspicuously absent from the list of star campaigners for poll-bound states like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, reports The print.
Both the states have seen farmer protests against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state governments in recent years.
For the party that claims to have taken historic steps in bettering the lives of the farmers of the country, many believe Singh could have been the best bet to be fielded as the prime campaigner to seek votes from the agrarian community.
Singh, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) man and former Bihar state president, had been a star campaigner for the party in Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Delhi and Maharashtra assembly elections.