Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Sunday responded to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's allegation of agrarian distress in BJP-ruled states by commenting that the latter did not know the difference between paddy and wheat. The Union Minister of State for Agriculture claimed that farmers were getting the right price for their produce and this had strengthened the agricultural sector.

"I am a farmer, an agriculturists' leader and their representative in the Central government. So I know the condition of the agricultural sector better," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here. "It would not be appropriate to comment on the statements of a person who doesn't know the difference between wheat and paddy crops, who doesn't know the difference between a lamb and the offspring of a goat," the minister said when queried on Gandhi's remarks. Shekhawat further stated that the government was trying to increase the export of soyabean and other agricultural products seeing an opportunity in the ongoing US-China trade tussle.