Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who met fishermen in Puducherry on Wednesday, committed a faux pas that the BJP was quick to lap up. Praising fishermen as "farmers of the sea", Gandhi said that there should be a separate ministry for them just like Agriculture ministry. The BJP pointed out that there is already a fisheries ministry, headed by Union minister Giriraj Singh.-The minister said he was "astonished to know that a party's leader is unaware of a separate ministry formed for fisheries by PM Modi in 2019 and I took oath as its minister".