Tamil Nadu rice shortage: When monsoon failed and rationing policy was introduced in early 1950s

In the 1952 election, rice shortage played a big role in tilting the scales against the Congress government. C. Subramaniam, who was the Finance and Food Minister in the C. Rajagopalachari government, in his memoirs ‘Hand of Destiny’ (Volume 1), says that the Congress had to pay “a very high price” for pursuing the policy of rationing