Onion @200: Know what Opposition said

Opposition Members of Parliament took a dig at the government, citing the government's inadequate response to curb high onion prices.

New Delhi: The issue of surging onion prices got a political colour. Opposition Members of Parliament took a dig at the government, citing the government's inadequate response to curb high prices.

Leaders of the Congress Party protest outside Parliament against the rising Onion prices

let us have a look at different statements made:

Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman over the issue of onion prices, saying none asked her what she eats, but people wanted to know why the economy was struggling.

Speaking at a leadership meeting of the Congress here, Gandhi said: "Nobody is asking you whether you eat onions. You are the FM and we are asking why the economy is struggling. Even if you ask the poorest person you will get a sensible response," he added.

P Chidambaram

"Does she eat avocado?" quipped former finance minister P Chidambaram, who arrived in Parliament on Thursday after spending 106 days in Tihar jail, when asked to comment on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's comment that her family didn't eat onion much.

"I thought the Finance Minister said in Parliament yesterday that she didn't eat onion and she is not bothered. What does she eat? Avocado? She doesn't eat onions," he said.

Azam Khan

Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party said "Stop eating onions, what is the compulsion to eat it? Our Jain brothers don't eat. Stop eating onions, stop eating garlic, stop eating meat, everything will be saved. A Queen had once said 'if they don't have bread then let them eat cake

Sudip Bandyopadhyay

TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said the Centre should ask states to ensure that there was no hoarding of onions. Bandyopadhyay termed it a failure of the government, saying rising prices had gone out of limit and "we all condemn it".

The Trinamool Congress leader said hoarding was the cause of price rise of onion and added that the enforcement department should check on the hoarding of onions. He was also of the view that the price monitoring division should be more active.

Nirmala Sitharaman

On Wednesday when asked by an MP if the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ate onions, the prices of which had skyrocketed in the country, Sitharaman had told the Parliament: "I belong to a family which does not eat onion and garlic."

Sitharaman was explaining the steps taken by the government to control onion prices and provide relief to the common man when the incident happened also its schemes such as free cooking gas to poor women and financial inclusion programme of Jan Dhan Yojana to say the Modi regime was not pompous.